A rhetorical review of Oshi's work would be amazing. . . Something for a rainy month perhaps. As I understand it sometimes he's just joking and sometimes he's dead serious and since he thinks the difference is obvious he doesn't put in any tells.
But now that you mention it I haven't seen Tezuka's Metropolis in ages and it's just collecting dust on the shelf.
I'll blame it on the generation gap, but I'm still upset I've been missing quips like: "Guess we're done talking to that lady, then." "Why, did she turn you on?"
Anyway, if what's central to this story is that "no robot wants to be treated like a disposable item," then I think the clip as a whole is most in conversation with Haraway in the moments that follow from 'FRACTURED IDENTITIES.' GITS Haraway says "Humans are different than robots, but such a belief is nothing more than simply acknowledging that. [A "leaky distinction" at best]. It's no different than saying 'white is NOT black.'" Meanwhile, real Haraway is reminding us in not-so-dissimilar terms that "the definition of the group has been by conscious appropriation of negation."
Yeah, it's safe to say the clip only does provide a fragmented knowledge of the aims and intents of Oshi's characters, but the one-liners really do make up it! And as far as GITS Haraway's assertion as a 'leaky' distinction, I guess I just tend to think of it as a playful one.
A rhetorical review of Oshi's work would be amazing. . . Something for a rainy month perhaps. As I understand it sometimes he's just joking and sometimes he's dead serious and since he thinks the difference is obvious he doesn't put in any tells.
ReplyDeleteBut now that you mention it I haven't seen Tezuka's Metropolis in ages and it's just collecting dust on the shelf.
I'll blame it on the generation gap, but I'm still upset I've been missing quips like: "Guess we're done talking to that lady, then." "Why, did she turn you on?"
ReplyDeleteAnyway, if what's central to this story is that "no robot wants to be treated like a disposable item," then I think the clip as a whole is most in conversation with Haraway in the moments that follow from 'FRACTURED IDENTITIES.' GITS Haraway says "Humans are different than robots, but such a belief is nothing more than simply acknowledging that. [A "leaky distinction" at best]. It's no different than saying 'white is NOT black.'" Meanwhile, real Haraway is reminding us in not-so-dissimilar terms that "the definition of the group has been by conscious appropriation of negation."
Yeah, it's safe to say the clip only does provide a fragmented knowledge of the aims and intents of Oshi's characters, but the one-liners really do make up it! And as far as GITS Haraway's assertion as a 'leaky' distinction, I guess I just tend to think of it as a playful one.
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