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Overnight Sensation (Jarry, Manzini & Benjamin, 1976)

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The spider mutilated by Pris and Irmgard...It haunts what remains of the story.

Like a carefree and amazed child, Isidore captured it before regretting his action by seeing how the androids treated this life. The torture was not the main focus of the scene but merely an element showed in the middle of an extremely important conversation. It only asserted itself through Isidore's worries and protestations by seeing Pris removing the spiders legs with Irmgard, rendering it unable to escape. The conversation contained one of the biggest revelations of the story, the true identity of Wilbur Mercer as the actor Al Jarry, and how the rocks falling upon him were as fake as the painted sky. And this is when Isidore's focus gets on the cruelty suffered by the little creature.

Spiders are not often the target of empathy for humans...Even less loved by them. But Isidore's proves himself by his feelings against the androids, more than being just considered like the last specimen of its kind that could be sold, it's a living being just like him. And that's the tiny little thing that can change everything. To me, it was the moment when the "wasp question" finally started making sense in front of us, when the opinion we have of the three characters can settle for good. But then, the spider is as resurrected, brought back to Isidore by Mercer's hands. But we know just as Rick does. The realism of artificial life can easily fool people. Later, it's Rick's turn to meet an animal.

A spider and a toad... Lovely.