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Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold (1967)
Episode 14, Season 2
Despite its Orientalizing Portrayal of the "Pleasure Planet," a Good Retelling of Jack the Ripper
19 April 2024 - 0 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
It seems that the original Star Trek, whenever it has the crew interacting with humanoids, relied a lot on the standard 1950s/1960s USA ideas about the rest of humanity. So these aliens frequently have elements of those Hollywood tended to "other": First Nations of North America, "primitive tribes" in the "jungles" of the Americas or Africa, the exotic lands of "Araby," etc.
Read Edward Said's "Orientalism" and Jack Sheehan's "Reel Bad Arabs" for a good understanding of this phenomenon.
Despite this, discovering the true identity of Jack the Ripper is a frequent subject of USA documentaries and dramas, and I found Star Trek's take to be entertaining and coherent.
Let's hope those atoms stay scattered!
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