"Any story worth telling relates to real life in some meaningful way. Scifi allows you to tell meaningful stories without seeming too preachy — it adds a metaphorical layer between the story and the real world. Scifi is dismissed as ungrounded fluff, but it's actually the opposite."
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"Caprica Producer Jane Espenson Redefines Racism in the BSG Universe" at AMCtv.com (April 2009)
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