From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: anim8rfsk{at}cox.net
Subject: Re: The Kiss

In article ,
 Wiseguy  wrote:

> "Will Dockery"  wrote in
> news:lirerr$52m$1{at}dont-email.me: 
> 
> > The first "inter racial" kiss ever on television, Star
Trek always was
> > years ahead of the rest:
> > 
> > http://www.blastr.com/2013-4-19/little-known-sci-fi-fact-uhuras-famed-
> t
> > rek-kiss-wasnt-meant-be-kirk 
> > 
> > In a Vancouver Sun interview, actress Nichelle Nichols recalled the
> > story of that famous kiss, revealing that she had been practicing with
> > Leonard Nimoy (not a bad way to spend the time) when Shatner saw them
> > smooching. 
> > 
> > "Bill Shatner saw what was going on and he said, 'Woah, woah, woah. If
> > anybody is gonna get to kiss Lieutenant Uhura it's gonna be me.' And
> > he had the whole thing changed so the first interracial kiss was with
> > Lieutenant Uhura and Captain Kirk."
> > "Bill wanted to rehearse all the time. He said he wanted to get this
> > right! I said to him, "It's right, it's right. I promise you, it's
> > right." And the camera was shaking and the director was laughing his
> > head off. We really had a good time." 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Doesn't matter.  It looked so phony onscreen the actors may as well as 
> not have kissed.  Some reports have said they didn't actually kiss. Now 
> if they had shown a real kiss, Star Trek may claim some fame.  But they 
> blew it.  
> 
> 
> It has also been said that they didn't want Uhura to kiss Spock because 
> Spock was an alien and they wanted to show white and black characters 
> kissing, which makes more sense.  Also there has been the previous Spock 
> and Chapel relationship so it makes more sense for Spock to be with 
> Chapel from the beginning.

I think this is more likely more of the retcon Shatbashing from Nichelle 
and Takei.

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