Roles
Stations
Stations noun - (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary.
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- It was common at the time for stations in the Southeastern United States to edit shows to remove black characters who weren't in stereotypic roles — maids, criminals, sharecroppers, etc.
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In fact this was an Enforced Trope, as Griffith really wanted to have African Americans in main roles but was overruled by television executives who feared that this would be too controversial at the time and TV stations in the South would refuse to carry it.
Source: Series / The Andy Griffith Show - Earth is never mentioned by name, but several people obviously have detailed information about its geography, given that not only are various planets, stations, and ships named after locations on Earth, but their roles and importance match up.
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