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   gggg gggg to gggg gggg   
   Re: Gattaca is now 10 years old   
   10 Jun 23 20:25:38   
   
   From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6:49:55 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:   
   > On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6:48:02 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:    
   > > On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:    
   > > > Wow. Has it been that long.    
   > > > It was released back in 1997.    
   > > > It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.    
   > > > I like the musical score as well.    
   > > According to this:    
   > >    
   > > - ...The film is not about inferior or superior people, but about the very   
   definitions of inferiority and superiority, why we believe them, and what they   
   do not mean.    
   > >    
   > > https://medium.com/ogplexus/the-hidden-meanings-of-gattaca-2   
   -years-later-4a83a260c8bf   
   > That article also says:    
   >    
   > - The film is less a story about the powers of genetics than it is the   
   pervasiveness of othering people, and how it often looks the same, whether we   
   are talking about race, religion, or genetic identity.   
      
   In addition:   
      
   - ...People are denied their humanity, only to decide that enough-is-enough,   
   and that its time to teach the world a lesson about the glorious pliability of   
   human potential.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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