July 2022 ended rather melancholy with the deaths of three entertainment icons, respectively. Emmy / Grammy Winner e Mermaid Voice star Pat Carroll is dead at the age of 95, while Bill Russell, NBA legend, dies at 88 . The weekend also saw the death of star Trek pioneer Nichelle Nichols who succumbed to heart failure at the age of 89, causing numerous Emigrate parts of the fan sharing kind words celebrating Uhura’s portrait artist and his groundbreaking work. Visualization moderator e Star Trek: The Next Generation Vet Whoopi Goldberg took the time during Monday morning’s episode to pay tribute to Nichols for being such an inspiration.
Towards the middle of the August 1st episode, Visualization, Whoopi Goldberg and fellow speakers Joy Behar, Sara Haines and guest host Ana Navarro reflected on the aforementioned deaths, with Navarro paying his own tribute to Bill Russell. Before that, however, Goldberg paid tribute to Nichelle Nichols for being a gender catalyst that led the comedian to join the star Trek deductible (which she returned in 2022 for Star Trek: Picard the second season of ). In Goldberg’s words:
Star Trek legend and actress Nichelle Nichols was a pioneer, heroine and extraordinary woman. Someone who inspired millions and millions of people, but she inspired me, because when I went to work on Star Trek, I explained that Nichelle was the first black person I saw in the future. And it wasn’t someone it seemed; she was in charge of communications.
While racial and gender diversity in Hollywood is still far from optimal, regardless of gender, it’s not impossible to believe we may never have seen Not dead former Sonequa Martin-Green became the franchise’s first female black captain if Nichelle Nichols wasn’t cast alongside Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in the original star Trek TV shows. Nichols, who actually gave Martin-Green his blessing Before DiscoveryThe debut of, is often celebrated specifically for sharing the first televised interracial kiss (between Uhura and Kirk) in 1968, but it probably wasn’t as inspiring to black sci-fi fans as the fact that he was such an outstanding member of the team in the first place. .
Whoopi Goldberg went on to say Visualizationaudience of:
This show and this woman were the only beacon who said, “Yes, we will be there”, and that made me feel something incredible. And it helped push other women into space. She was fantastic and I have been lucky enough to spend time with her over the years. She was my friend and … we will miss her. That’s all I can say, we will miss her very much.
In the end, Goldberg seemed to choke a bit as he tried to find the right words, but he definitely said it loud and clear. Nichelle Nicholas was a pioneer in portraying a black woman both in space and in the future, which is still a relative rarity in science fiction even today. And whenever their influence leads someone to strive for more in their life, the world becomes a much better place to live.
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Source: Cinemablend
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