That was one of my favorite episodes. I confess that even as a kid I thought the idea of the parallels being so precise were a bit hokey. Still, a very powerful reading of the declaration of independence by Kirk.
It was the Constitution, not the Declaration of Independence.
Wasn't that a jab at the alleged "neanderthal" status of patriotic Americans . . . the implication that they were too stupid and bigoted to understand that their philosophy actually applied to everyone?
>>That was one of my favorite episodes. I confess that even as a kid I thought the idea of the parallels being so precise were a bit hokey. Still, a very powerful reading of the declaration of independence by Kirk.<<
“Ay plegli ianectu flaggen, tupep like for stahn”
God, how they must have coaxed Shatner to come out from under that bland shell and read the Preamble to swelling music and a dramatic conclusion complete with orchestra hit.
My question is how did they keep him from doing it with his shirt on? This WAS before “James T. Kirk: The Girdle Years.”