What a Surprisingly Progressive Man From U.N.C.L.E. Episode Tells Us About the 1960s

Jennifer R. Povey
4 min readDec 31, 2020
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I’ve been rewatching The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It’s one of those shows that has its solid fanbase but otherwise has slipped into the mists of time…to the point where you can’t even stream it. (DVD.com has the discs, but otherwise you’ll have to actually rent it). Which is a shame, because it says a lot about the 1960s…and how far we haven’t come…

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.