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Old 10-24-2007, 12:08 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Didn't have time to watch the whole video, but the few minutes I did see were amazing.

One minor troubling bit, though: The whole concept of objectifying the dude through a series of scientific experiments put me in mind of that wonderful old movie, The Elephant Man. The doctor, played by Anthony Hopkins, wants to study John Merrick as a medical mystery and protect him from the brutality apparent in Victorian society. But in doing so, he ends up objectifying Merrick as some sort of 'pet project.'

Clearly, the parallel isn't exact and after all it's only a movie. Still, it got me thinking...
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