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Player Piano

A wry, unsettling look at a sterile future where comfort breeds emptiness, making you question progress and purpose.

Overview: Based on Kurt Vonnegut's first novel of the same name, 'Player Piano' is a darkly comic look at an alternate 1950s in which mechanization has made human labor obsolete – forcing a widening divide between the bored, suddenly-useless populace and the handful of office managers who keep the machines running. Dr. Paul Proteus, an up-and-coming executive at the Federal Apparatus Corporation, finds his life imploding – or perhaps he’s just beginning to see things clearly. Will he rise to the top of a company that makes people worthless? Or rebel against the system for the sake of all humankind?
How it feels: Satirical, dark, cynical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Technology, class, identity, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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