| Star Trek Review: WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
Director James Goldstone's, WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?, is a strange,
little Sci-Fi fable. Goldstone also directed the classic Trek episode:
"Where No Man Has Gone Before".
This episode allows us to learn more about Nurse Chapel (Majel Barrett)
the crew person who frequently lusts after Mr. Spock. We find out that
Chapel had a fiancée, Dr. Roger Korby (Michael Strong) who has
been missing for three years. Later we meet Korby, or at least think
we do. Why so much effort was taken to flesh out the background of a
very minor character (Chapel) is a bit of a puzzle. Majel Barrett played
the Chapel character role in several of the Trek features, and has appeared
frequently on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
A split - screen technique allows William Shatner to play both Kirk
as well as an android double. Under Goldstone's careful direction, we
see some subtle differences between Kirk and his duplicate.
The Story, written by Robert Bloch ("Psycho") eventually devolves
into an attempt by Korby to take over the galaxy with androids. Aspects
of this Story were later recycled in the "I, Mudd" episode,
to better effect. Bloch also wrote the classic Trek episode: "Wolf
in the Fold".
Fans of the original "Adams Family" television series will
enjoy seeing Ted Cassidy, who played "Lurch", as the android,
Ruk. The extremely tall Cassidy, equipped with a latex bald pate and
cleverly shaded facial makeup, makes for an imposing bad guy, er, android.
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF? will be somewhat watchable for some Sci-Fi
viewers. Nurse Christine Chapel/Majel Barrett fans may dig this one.
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