Tea Spoon on his face
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Tyb — 17 years ago(February 03, 2009 02:03 PM)
On the DVD Extras, one of the creators of the show (Michael Westmore iirc) talks about how he got the "spoon shape on the face" idea for Cardassians from a painting that portrayed a woman with an actual spoon on her forehead.
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ivana2804 — 16 years ago(July 03, 2009 02:24 PM)
I actually loved the Cardassian look. I don't know what it is about it - maybe I find the reptilian look strangely sexy in a dangerous way, maybe the massive makeup served to hide some of the imperfections on the actors' faces (wrinkles, Alaimo's rough skin, Robinson's slightly doughy face) and made them look younger, or maybe it's about those strong ridged necks
but all the actors who played Cardassians looked much better in full makeup than without it. Although Garak was too camp for my taste to be sexy, Robinson (who I was never attracted to in anything he was in) certainly looked better as Garak than in any other role; Biggs is not bad-looking in real life, but Cardassian makeup made him look more interesting compared to his more ordinary human face; and while Alaimo was also quite attractive with less makeup as a Bajoran (but not so much as a human cop in Far Beyond the Stars) he was incredibly sexy as Dukat in his real, Cardassian look.
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klonkey — 10 years ago(October 24, 2015 04:03 AM)
Now the Chief may have held some prejudices against the Cardassians, but I don't think he ever used that particular pejorative, at least on screen! He preferred to call them "Cardies" (or "damned Cardies").
In season 5's "Things Past" however, a Bajoran (or Odo's memory of one anyway) uses "spoonhead" when meeting with Sisko, Odo and Garak (who are meant to be in the bodies of Bajorans). Garak's reaction on hearing the slur is interestinghe's offended, but also shockedsuggesting he's never heard "spoonhead" before, which is surprising considering the amount of time he's spent among the Bajorans. That he, a man who specializes in discovering the secrets of others, has been in the dark the whole time about this amusing little insult the Bajorans were slinging behind the Cardassians' backs is a nice little addition to an already great character.
I think the term is later used by one of the security officers in "Empok Nor" (interestingly too, Garak says "Cardies" when trying to goad O'Brien into a fight) and it is used again in "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night," but never by the Chief! And yes, I have watched DS9 too many times.