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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:31 AM
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Actor robots take Japanese stage
What will Actor's Equity make of this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7749932.stm



Actress Minako Inoue rehearses with her robot cast mate

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The play, which had its premiere at Osaka University, is one of Japan's first robot-human theatre productions.

The machines were specially programmed to speak lines with human actors and move around the stage with them.

Playwright Oriza Hirata says the work raises questions about the relationship between humanity and technology.

The play, called Hataraku Watashi (I, Worker), is set in the near future.

It focuses on a young couple who own two housekeeping robots, one of which loses its motivation to work.

In the play, the robot complains that it has been forced into boring and demeaning jobs and enters into a discussion with the humans about its role in their lives.

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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:33 AM
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1. Kind of like Keanu Reeves? .......
Only more animated.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:33 AM
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2. Sounds like an interesting play.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:35 AM
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3. Pity that Hitchcock never got to see that
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:49 AM
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4. A robot forced into boring and demeaning jobs and complains about it
Is Douglas Adams' estate going to get some residuals for their ripping off Marvin the Paranoid Android? :)

TlalocW
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:50 AM
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5. Exactly the thought that jumped into my mind.
n.t.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 11:09 AM
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6. and here I thought it was a preview for "the day the earth stood still" with keanu reaves. nt
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 11:23 AM
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7. I see Hayden Christensen found some work
*BEEP* I am a Jedi *BEEP*
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