Heather Smith has produced three top ten nationally syndicated radio programs: ‘The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” ‘The Laura Ingraham Show,” and most recently, “The Lars Larson Show.” She was a television producer at Fox News Channel and has produced shows for PBS, XM Satellite Radio, and WFLA's “Shannon Burke Show.” She started working in radio at an alternative rock radio station, hosting and DJing a love and relationships talk show.
She also has produced film documentaries hosted by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Dick Morris, and Walter Cronkite. Several of her indie films have been played at the Tambay Film Festival and New Zealand Film Festival.
Heather Smith
Where Have All the Kirks Gone?
by Heather SmithDon’t beam me up, Scotty. The Capt. James T. Kirk in the new “Star Trek” film is proof of how much ground men have lost in today’s culture.
Before you tell me it is just a movie, recall the words of series creator Gene Roddenberry: “I have no belief that Star Trek depicts the actual future,” Roddenberry said, “it depicts us, now…” And right now, the latest Star Trek depicts men as insecure, impulsive lechs who need women and aliens to keep them out of trouble.
Consider four attributes of the ideal man: self-control, bravery, confidence and sex appeal.
In the original series, Kirk has supreme self-control. He sacrifices himself for the safety of his crew and, in more than one episode, even chooses duty over true love. In the latest “Star Trek,” Kirk is Peter Pan, an irresponsible, reckless man-boy. (Warning: plot spoilers ahead.) The new Kirk tears down an empty Iowa highway in a stolen hot rod and drives off a cliff, jumping out to save himself, not the car. He gets into bar fights to serve his vanity, not some higher cause like rescuing the crew from aliens. (more…)
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