Alyssa Rosenberg applauds the above short film for debunking the fears of the privileged class:
The shopkeeper is angry at a robot who is physically smaller than he is, who is annoying rather than intimidating. He commits an act of terrible violence against that much more vulnerable actor. And then he discovers that things he’s conditioned to want to protect and find adorable—kittens—are emotionally dependent on the robot, who has been stealing milk to feed them. It’s a narrative that questions the shopkeeper’s prejudices and assumptions, rather than suggesting he’s right to be angry and afraid of a new element in his environment.
E.D. Kain nods:
One reasons Blade Runner was so interesting and complex was the very reason Alyssa enjoyed the above short: it turned the fear of the powerful robot Other on its head, and granted them their humanity and their frailty, and ours.
(Video: No Robots from YungHan Chang)
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