Reception
During its repeat run in the UK in 1993, Captain Scarlet became involved in the black-and-white dualism debate for its use of the codenames "White" to designate the head of Spectrum, Colonel White, and "Black" to designate the villainous Captain Black. Gerry Anderson defended the series against the accusations of racism and political incorrectness, reminding critics that the characters of Green, Melody Angel and Harmony Angel are heroic in spite of their respective African or Asian origins.
Grant, who voiced Green and perceived the series as having positive multicultural value, noted the allegorical nature of Captain Scarlet. Christian symbolism is heavily implied, with Colonel White as God, Captain Black as the Devil, Captain Scarlet as Christ, Cloudbase as Heaven, and characters codenamed "the Angels", but Grant mentioned the idea of Lieutenant Green being an African trickster hero. On dualism, he suggested that, "the 'darkness' of the Mysterons is most easily seen as the psychological rift—the struggle of 'good' and 'evil' — of the Western world as personified by Colonel White and his team. Dark and light are but aspects of each other. Incidentally, green is the colour of nature that can heal that rift."
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