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The Creator movie review: meat versus metal
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The Creator movie review: meat versus metal

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MaryAnn Johanson
Oct 04, 2023
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MaryAnn’s quick take: Looks great, but the plot falls apart if you poke it and makes no attempt to grapple with AI’s potential. Instead it renders its robot people as a racialized Other in a clunky metaphor for bigotry.

[This review is also available at FlickFilosopher.com. The Creator is in cinemas in the US and the UK.]

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