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Apr 27, 2018 · Dirty Computer - an emotion picture* by Janelle Monáe.*EMOTION PICTURE (definition): a narrative film and accompanying musical albumDirty Computer: The Album...
Dirty Computer is a 2018 dystopian musical science fiction film. [1] [2] It serves as a visual companion to Dirty Computer, the third studio album by Janelle Monáe.
With Janelle Monáe, Tessa Thompson, Jayson Aaron, Michele Hart. An Android, Jane 57821, attempts to break free from the constraints of a totalitarian society that forcibly makes Jane comply with its homophobic beliefs.
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- Andrew Donoho, Lacey Duke, Alan Ferguson
- 2018-04-27
Dirty Computer is the third [4] studio album by American singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe, released on April 27, 2018, by Wondaland Arts Society, Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records. [5] It is the follow-up to her studio albums The ArchAndroid (2010) and The Electric Lady (2013) and her first album not to continue the Cindi Mayweather ...
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An Android, Jane 57821, attempts to break free from the constraints of a totalitarian society that forcibly makes Jane comply with its homophobic beliefs.
The concept dated back before Monáe's 2010 debut studio album, The ArchAndroid, so she connected the two albums. They revealed, "It is sort of a prelude and there are little Easter eggs in the visual. If you watch the Dirty Computerpiece online, you'll see Mary Apple. I have a song on The ArchAndroid called "Mushrooms and Roses" that talks about a ...
Rolling Stonepraised the film, stating, "In her dazzling new short film [...] Monáe makes explicit how those boundaries still try to hold her down. She's no longer an android, though—she's a human being ready to be seen for exactly who she is. The 46-minute film is visually arresting and filled with sterling electro-pop from the upcoming record, bu...
Tessa Thompson as May Apple #53 / ZenJayson Aaron as ChéMichele Hart as Virgin Victoria"They started calling us computers. People began vanishing. And the cleaning began. You were dirty if you looked different. You were dirty if you refused to live the way they dictated. You were dir...
Sep 28, 2020 · ‘Dirty Computer – an emotion picture’ is a narrative film accompanying Janelle Monáe’s 2018 album of the same name serving as a backdrop to (and catalyst for) its plot. It depicts the story of Jane 57821 – a femme-presenting, queer android – in a seemingly dystopian future.
Apr 27, 2018 · The 46-minute film is visually arresting and filled with sterling electro-pop from the upcoming record, but its dense thematic nods to sci-fi landmarks aren’t meant simply as fun spot-the ...
