Episode 83 - Short Circuit

Is it basically a children's movie from the 80's? Yes. Does it feature a white man playing an Indian character in brown face and imitating an accent? Unfortunately also yes. Does that make it a bad movie? Surprisingly... not as much as you'd think. Maybe it's just nostalgia talking, but we were prepared to do some heavy duty dunking on Short Circuit and ended up being kind of delighted by the whole silly affair, with some obvious big cultural asterisks in there.

The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.

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