Women reach their breaking points—noisily and destructively—in Fleishman Is in Trouble and M3GAN.
, it’s also about how Gemma tries to solve the challenges of motherhood by taking human limitations out of its equation entirely.It’s obvious that Gemma, a career-driven roboticist and toy developer, isn’t cut out to parent Cady .
—as would most anyone who suddenly became a mother overnight, and entirely against her will. To stave off more embarrassment, Gemma introduces Cady to her latest invention, M3GAN, a cybernetic doll who is capable of displaying both spontaneous speech and empathy. When Gemma first created M3GAN, she intended for the robot to be a salve for the grunt work of parenthood, and now here she was, filling in the gaps for what Gemma isn’t willing to do for Cady.
If the absurdity of intensive mothering was previously meant to be endured silently, perhaps we’re finally starting tocurdling, destructive noise—demanding that we give them a damn break already.
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