![]() ![]() His efforts were opposed by the network because of concerns over marketability, e.g., they opposed Roddenberry's insistence that Enterprise have a racially diverse crew. ![]() ![]() Roddenberry also gave Star Trek an anti-war message and depicted the United Federation of Planets as an ideal, optimistic version of the United Nations. An extreme example is the alien species, the Vulcans, who had a violent past but learned to control their emotions. He wanted Star Trek to show what humanity might develop into, if it would learn from the lessons of the past, most specifically by ending violence. They actually would send a censor down to the set to measure a woman's cleavage to make sure too much of her breast wasn't showing' Roddenberry intended the show to have a progressive political agenda reflective of the emerging counter-culture of the youth movement, though he was not fully forthcoming to the networks about this. ![]()
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