Nostalgia Trap

Nostalgia Trap - Episode 363: M3GAN


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The sci-fi horror film M3GAN was a "surprise" hit last year, generating tons of internet buzz, viral Tik Tok dance videos and, of course, endless think pieces. As Justin Rogers-Cooper and I talk about this week, M3GAN operates on multiple levels, and contains a discourse about AI, capitalist culture, and queer family formation that makes it much more than another "killer robot" movie. Like Silicon Valley itself, M3GAN sings to us: "Tell me your dreams, I will dream them too." But are we really in charge of the dream?

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