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Show Notes

John Hughes

And the Brat Pack. Uncle Buck and Breakfast Club.

Smagic

Science so unscientific, it is magic: smagic. Callbacks to pygmalion and Frankenstein.

Sexism/Objectification

Boy howdy. Literally using a barbie to create a living sex object. Consent. Creating sex bots. The 1950s comic on which the movie was based.

Geekery

What are they? what are we? Geeks? Nerds? Both?

Growing Up

Adolescence sucks. Being a sexually frustrated teenage boy. Fantasies and ethical concerns.

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Tags:
  • science fiction, 
  • science, 
  • hacking, 
  • nerds, 
  • geeks, 
  • teenagers, 
  • 80s, 
  • fantasy