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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


Cut to the vampbenders, all enjoying themselves at the circus, except for Solo, who is grimly drinking vodka. To cheerful, but slightly off-key, music, dozens of clowns tumble comically into the ring. It is immediately obvious that there is [[UncannyValley something off]] about [[MonsterClown these clowns]]: their movements are oddly jerky, almost robotic, and they bend themselves in ways the human form should not bend. Beneath the make up, their true faces are dimly visible, locked in a rictus of absolute terror.

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Cut to the vampbenders, all enjoying themselves at the circus, except for Solo, who is grimly drinking vodka. To cheerful, but slightly off-key, music, dozens of clowns tumble comically into the ring. It is immediately obvious that there is [[UncannyValley something off]] off about [[MonsterClown these clowns]]: their movements are oddly jerky, almost robotic, and they bend themselves in ways the human form should not bend. Beneath the make up, their true faces are dimly visible, locked in a rictus of absolute terror.
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This goes on for five disturbing minutes, long enough for all [[ViewersAreMorons viewers to get the point]], then the camera focuses in on one group of six clowns parading round the outer ring. The two in front, slapping each other with dead fish, are adults. The others are not. The second pair of clowns, hitting each other with rubber hammers, seem in their early teens, standing shoulder high to the pair in front. The third pair of clowns are just cute little children, comically hitting each other with teddy bears. One of the leading pair is pushing a pram. The camera zooms into the pram to reveal a baby, clearly only a few months old, in full clown make-up.

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This goes on for five disturbing minutes, long enough for all [[ViewersAreMorons viewers to get the point]], point, then the camera focuses in on one group of six clowns parading round the outer ring. The two in front, slapping each other with dead fish, are adults. The others are not. The second pair of clowns, hitting each other with rubber hammers, seem in their early teens, standing shoulder high to the pair in front. The third pair of clowns are just cute little children, comically hitting each other with teddy bears. One of the leading pair is pushing a pram. The camera zooms into the pram to reveal a baby, clearly only a few months old, in full clown make-up.

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