The Greek myth of Pygmalion told of a misogynist sculptor who fell in love with an ivory statue of a woman he had carved, “detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women,” only able to find love with a woman created artificially from his own fantastical design.
As we evolved as a civilization and new technologies were developed, this fascination with artificial women pivoted toward the mechanical.
The false Maria of “Metropolis,” the doppelgangers of “The Stepford Wives,” and even the replicants of “Blade Runner” are all examples of “woman as machine” creations, typically existing for the…The post How Fennec Shand Subverts an Irritating Sci-fi Trope in The Book of Boba Fett appeared first on /Film.
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