That story does still get remade and retold today. However, people some people have gotten wise to the metaphorical man behind the curtain (though others rush to defend the same man). My health & wellness class at the VA Hospital may be (is) bland as unflavored tapioca, but the instructors do make sure to point out when anybody asks, "Those 'plans' might help in the short-run, but fundamental changes still need to happen with *each individual*". The application of snake-oil has been going on for millennia and is applied to all forms of consumerism; politics are also consumed, though the display has been geared more towards entertainment than actual governance (popularity v policy). Anecdote says Mr Roddenberry himself hated this episode and Mudd in-general, since he had hoped humaity would have moved beyond such shallowness (and consumerism) by the 24c.
Every anecdote I've heard about his "disagreements" with the shows indicate he kind of hated the Star Trek everybody has come to love; the military aggression(s) between "peaceful" Star Fleet and Klingons & Romulans (etc), especially DS9 but he'd lost all creative power by then and had no say. Is also likely why he tried pushing other stories such as "Genesis II" (Buck Rogers/Sleepr variant, movie only) and "Questor Tapes" (much like Data on Earth, movie only), the short "Andromeda" series and also short "Earth: Final Conflict" series both produced posthumously. Long Wp page with plenty of notes and citations leading to other sources. Son Rod Roddenberry (exec prod, current ST shows) doesn't seem as... entrenched? in his personal views like his father was. I'll stick with Kurt Vonnegut for my views regarding Humanist(ism?).
That story does still get remade and retold today. However, people some people have gotten wise to the metaphorical man behind the curtain (though others rush to defend the same man). My health & wellness class at the VA Hospital may be (is) bland as unflavored tapioca, but the instructors do make sure to point out when anybody asks, "Those 'plans' might help in the short-run, but fundamental changes still need to happen with *each individual*". The application of snake-oil has been going on for millennia and is applied to all forms of consumerism; politics are also consumed, though the display has been geared more towards entertainment than actual governance (popularity v policy). Anecdote says Mr Roddenberry himself hated this episode and Mudd in-general, since he had hoped humaity would have moved beyond such shallowness (and consumerism) by the 24c.
So true. Thanks for this.
I rewatched the entire episode and it is simply appalling. I hope you're right about Roddenberry.
Every anecdote I've heard about his "disagreements" with the shows indicate he kind of hated the Star Trek everybody has come to love; the military aggression(s) between "peaceful" Star Fleet and Klingons & Romulans (etc), especially DS9 but he'd lost all creative power by then and had no say. Is also likely why he tried pushing other stories such as "Genesis II" (Buck Rogers/Sleepr variant, movie only) and "Questor Tapes" (much like Data on Earth, movie only), the short "Andromeda" series and also short "Earth: Final Conflict" series both produced posthumously. Long Wp page with plenty of notes and citations leading to other sources. Son Rod Roddenberry (exec prod, current ST shows) doesn't seem as... entrenched? in his personal views like his father was. I'll stick with Kurt Vonnegut for my views regarding Humanist(ism?).
Ronnie James Dio was 5'3" tall. So was Prince Rogers Nelson.
It ain't how big you are; it's how big you project. And you're right up there with them.