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** Some modern reviewers detract the cafe scene, Kara's dance, Jaris' home and the Argelian outfits (particularly what Jaris, Tark and Morla are wearing) as "orientalism", a [[https://www.salon.com/2006/12/06/orientalism/ heavily disputed term]] but indicating they see the Middle Eastern-style ambience as code for licentiousness and a "backwards" culture (still having the death penalty).[[note]]Interestingly, "Argelian" is an anagram of "Algerian" and resembles the Spanish name for Algeria, ''Argelia.''[[/note]] Creator/GeneRoddenberry did not help matters any:
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** Some modern reviewers detract the cafe scene, Kara's dance, Jaris' home and the Argelian outfits (particularly what Jaris, Tark and Morla are wearing) as "orientalism", {{Orientalism}}, a [[https://www.salon.com/2006/12/06/orientalism/ heavily disputed term]] but indicating they see the Middle Eastern-style ambience as code for licentiousness and a "backwards" culture (still having the death penalty).[[note]]Interestingly, "Argelian" is an anagram of "Algerian" and resembles the Spanish name for Algeria, ''Argelia.''[[/note]] Creator/GeneRoddenberry did not help matters any:
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--> Most of the men, except for our people, have at least one beautiful, exotic woman with them - and the women are all lush, scantily clad, and most, most friendly. We should get the impression that this would be a perfectly splendid place for a man - especially a space man who had been out there somewhere for a long time - to visit.
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--> Most of the men, except for our people, have at least one beautiful, exotic woman with them - and the women are all lush, scantily clad, and most, most friendly. We should get the impression that this would be a perfectly splendid place for a man - especially a [[HornySailors space man who had been out there somewhere for a long time time]] - to visit.
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* CompleteMonster: Redjac, introduced here, is a non-corporeal being that [[EmotionEater fed on fear and terror]], but enjoyed causing fear just as much as the actual consumption of it. Introduced in season 2 of the original series, in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E14WolfInTheFold Wolf in the Fold]]", Redjac had the ability to [[PuppeteerParasite take a humanoid host]], and [[HistoricalRapSheet used these hosts for centuries to commit mass murders]], most notably as UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. It [[HeManWomanHater targeted women]] because their deaths tended to generate more fear, and was responsible for dozens of deaths across multiple planets, and almost certainly countless more, as it [[HistoricalRapSheet claims to have existed since the dawn of time]]. In the episode, Redjac murders three women and [[FrameUp frames Scotty]] for all of them. When it's discovered, it takes control of the Enterprise's computers and attempts to kill everyone on-board, cackling all the while. While it appears to have been defeated, it reappeared in both the DC and [=WildStorm=] comics. In the DC two-parter, "Wolf on the Prowl" and "Wolf at the Door", it commits several more murders in the body of an Enterprise crewperson, had established itself as the "God of Evil" on a primitive planet, and killed thousands of said planet's inhabitants to give itself power in a last-ditch effort to get revenge on Kirk by destroying the Enterprise. In the [=WildStorm=] comic "Embrace the Wolf", based on the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] universe, it provoked an all-out nuclear war on a peaceful Federation planet, and challenged Data in his Sherlock Holmes persona to save his fellow crew members while Redjac took up its mantle once again as Jack the Ripper. Acting less as a senseless predator and more as a psychotic SerialKiller on a galactic level, Redjac is one of the worst that ''Star Trek'' has to offer.
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* CompleteMonster: Redjac, introduced here, is a non-corporeal being that [[EmotionEater fed on fear and terror]], but enjoyed causing fear just as much as the actual consumption of it. Introduced in season 2 of the original series, in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E14WolfInTheFold Wolf in the Fold]]", Redjac had the ability to [[PuppeteerParasite take a humanoid host]], and [[HistoricalRapSheet used these hosts for centuries to commit mass murders]], most notably as UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. It [[HeManWomanHater targeted women]] because their deaths tended to generate more fear, and was responsible for dozens of deaths across multiple planets, and almost certainly countless more, as it [[HistoricalRapSheet claims to have existed since the dawn of time]]. In the episode, Redjac murders three women and [[FrameUp frames Scotty]] for all of them. When it's discovered, it takes control of the Enterprise's computers and attempts to kill everyone on-board, cackling all the while. While it appears to have been defeated, it reappeared in both the DC and [=WildStorm=] comics. In the DC two-parter, "Wolf on the Prowl" and "Wolf at the Door", it commits several more murders in the body of an Enterprise crewperson, had established itself as the "God of Evil" on a primitive planet, and killed thousands of said planet's inhabitants to give itself power in a last-ditch effort to get revenge on Kirk by destroying the Enterprise. In the [=WildStorm=] comic "Embrace the Wolf", based on the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] universe, it provoked an all-out nuclear war on a peaceful Federation planet, and challenged Data in his Sherlock Holmes persona to save his fellow crew members while Redjac took up its mantle once again as Jack the Ripper. Acting less as a senseless predator and more as a psychotic SerialKiller on a galactic level, Redjac is one of the worst that ''Star Trek'' has to offer.
