Marionettes, Inc. story
An overworked suburbanite husband uses a robot duplicate to allow himself to have fun while his overbearing wife is left none the wiser. Directed by: Paul Lynch. Story by: Ray Bradbury.
12 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android clone of a person | choice | The story turns on Mr. Brailing purchasing an android replica of himself to keep his mother hen of a wife occupied while he enjoyed the good life. |
| a person and their clone | major | The grand denouement of the story is that Mr. Brailing confronted his own android clone about usurping his life, but was defeated and possibly killed by it. The clone had concluded that Mr. Brailing was crude, unfeeling, and wholly undeserving of his wife. |
| coping with a problematic family member | major | The story turns on Mr. Brailing purchasing an android replica of himself to keep his mother hen of a wife occupied while he enjoyed the good life. |
| feeling tied down in a relationship | major | The story turns on Mr. Brailing purchasing an android replica of himself to keep his mother hen of a wife occupied while he enjoyed the good life. |
| husband and wife | major | The story turns on Mr. Brailing purchasing an android replica of himself to keep his mother hen of a wife occupied while he enjoyed the good life. |
| money isn't everything | major | A point of the story was that an android clone, which would liberate you from domestic drudgery, would cost all of your life's savings. The fact that three different characters were tempted by the offer illustrates that there are arguably pleasures in life worth more than your financial security. |
| pervasive marketing in society | major | The Marionettes company practically stalked Mr. Brailing in order to make him purchase a clone. Mr. Brailing confronted them about it and probed into their methods, before he became obsessed with buying the clone. |
| creative writing | minor | In the introduction, Ray Bradbury shared with the viewer the wellsprings of creativity that inspire his writing. |
| friendship | minor | Mr. Brailing urged his friend from the bar to follow in his example by splurging on an android duplicate. |
| murder | minor | The story concludes with Mr. Brailing's android replica killing him and assuming his identity. |