Twitter reminds fans that Star Trek had a 57-year-long history of embracing genre and silliness before Strange New Worlds' comedy musical episode.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT A Star Trek meme circulated on social media nails the hypocrisy of the criticisms leveled against Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical episode. "Subspace Rhapsody" is the first musical episode in Star Trek's 57-year history, but a Star Trek musical isn't to everybody's tastes. Back in the 1990s, Ronald D.
However, as @ListeningToFilm on Twitter has pointed out, this isn't really true. There's a long history of Star Trek embracing comedy, and other genres that wouldn't necessarily fit within the realms of serious science fiction.
Star Trek Has Always Embraced Sillier Episodes Despite criticisms that Star Trek shouldn't do musicals, it's arguable that Strange New Worlds' musical episode is less silly than some of the franchise's other comedy episodes. Ultimately, "Subspace Rhapsody" is a story about the importance of communication, even if that manifests as big song-and-dance numbers. All of Star Trek's best comedy episodes have retained a "serious" science-fiction idea at its core.
The joy of Star Trek over the past 57 years has been its ability to steadily navigate wild tonal shifts. One week, it could be telling an incisive story about prejudice during the AIDS crisis, such as in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Stigma", while the next week it could be Star Trek: Voyager's hilarious Flash Gordon pastiche that centers on an alien species inability to separate fact from fiction.
If anything, "Subspace Rhapsody" proves that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is DS9's successor. DS9 is the most "serious" of classic Star Trek shows, but it always knew when to cut loose and be a bit silly. It's why the wedding comedy "You Are Cordially Invited" takes place just after the grueling, action-packed retaking of Deep Space Nine from the Cardassians.
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