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, specifically about angst from a character discovering that they're a clone.
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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much.]]
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-->'''Gwen: '''Upstairs woman or downstairs woman?\\
-->''(Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.)''\\
-->'''Jules: '''Both.
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-->'''Jules: '''Both.
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang, released exclusively to Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 23, 2015. It stars Creator/JacquelineKim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang, released exclusively to Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 23, 2015. It stars Creator/JacquelineKim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong Creator/KenJeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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-->'''Gwen: '''Upstairs woman or downstairs woman?
-->''[Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.]''
-->'''Gwen: '''Upstairs woman or downstairs woman?
-->''[Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.]''
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-->'''Gwen: '''Upstairs woman or downstairs
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-->''(Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.
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-->'''Gwen: '''Am I too old, to be of use?
-->'''David: '''What are you talking about Gwen?
-->'''Gwen: '''So many women are out of work. Some are in real trouble.
-->'''David: '''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, [[StayInTheKitchen return to the home]]. The perception is it's safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
-->'''David: '''What are you talking about Gwen?
-->'''Gwen: '''So many women are out of work. Some are in real trouble.
-->'''David: '''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, [[StayInTheKitchen return to the home]]. The perception is it's safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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-->'''Gwen: '''Am I too old, to be of use?
-->'''David:use?\\
'''David: '''What are you talking aboutGwen?
-->'''Gwen:Gwen?\\
'''Gwen: '''So many women are out of work. Some are in realtrouble.
-->'''David:trouble.\\
'''David: '''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, [[StayInTheKitchen return to the home]]. The perception is it's safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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'''David: '''What are you talking about
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'''Gwen: '''So many women are out of work. Some are in real
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'''David: '''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, [[StayInTheKitchen return to the home]]. The perception is it's safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang, released exclusively to Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 23, 2015. It stars Jacqueline Kim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang, released exclusively to Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 23, 2015. It stars Jacqueline Kim Creator/JacquelineKim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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In the not-too-distant future, Gwen Koh is a single mother working as a spokeswoman for the biotech firm Center for Advanced Health and Living, while trying to get her daughter into a good school. At the same time unemployment is at catastrophic levels, and companies are not interested in hiring middle aged women.
To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure. However it requires the ultimate sacrifice...
To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure. However it requires the ultimate sacrifice...
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In the not-too-distant future, Gwen Koh is a single mother working as a spokeswoman for the biotech firm Center for Advanced Health and Living, while trying to get her daughter into a good school. At the same time time, unemployment is at catastrophic levels, and companies are not interested in hiring middle aged middle-aged women.
To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure.However However, it requires the ultimate sacrifice...
To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: The characters live in a beautiful clean city with many green spaces. However there is uncontrollable unemployment, rising sterility, child prostitution and a terrorist organisation regularly causing explosions.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: The characters live in a beautiful clean city with many green spaces. However However, there is uncontrollable unemployment, rising sterility, child prostitution and a terrorist organisation regularly causing explosions.
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* TwinMaker: [[spoiler: How the technology really works.]]
%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Jules%%
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* TwinMaker: {{Twinmaker}}: [[spoiler: How the technology really works.]]
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: The characters live in a beautiful clean city with many green spaces. However there is uncontrollable unemployment, rising sterility, and a terrorist organisation regularly causing explosions.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: The characters live in a beautiful clean city with many green spaces. However there is uncontrollable unemployment, rising sterility, child prostitution and a terrorist organisation regularly causing explosions.
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* [[spoiler: AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Gwen 2.0 is this.]]
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* [[spoiler: AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: AbsurdlyYouthfulMother:[[spoiler: Gwen 2.0 is this.]]
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* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong: Gwen 2.0 does not have any maternal instinct towards Jules and is constantly having to inject herself with medicine to keep her lungs working.]]
* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]
* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]
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* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong: CameBackWrong:[[spoiler: Gwen 2.0 does not have any maternal instinct towards Jules and is constantly having to inject herself with medicine to keep her lungs working.]]
*[[spoiler: CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]much.]]
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* [[spoiler: RaceLift: Nearly all the potential models Gwen is given to choose from are white. Jules picks out the AmbiguouslyBrown option.]]
* TheSingularity
* TheSingularity
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* [[spoiler: RaceLift: RaceLift:[[spoiler: Nearly all the potential models Gwen is given to choose from are white. Jules picks out the AmbiguouslyBrown option.]]
* TheSingularity%%* TheSingularity%%
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* [[spoiler: TwinMaker: How the technology really works.]]
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* TwinMaker: [[spoiler: TwinMaker: How the technology really works.]]
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-->'''David: '''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, [[StayInTheKitchen return to the home]]. The perception is its safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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-->'''David: '''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, [[StayInTheKitchen return to the home]]. The perception is its it's safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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-->''[Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.]
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-->''[Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.]]''
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* CrapsaccharineWorld
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* CrapsaccharineWorldCrapsaccharineWorld: The characters live in a beautiful clean city with many green spaces. However there is uncontrollable unemployment, rising sterility, and a terrorist organisation regularly causing explosions.
-->''[A woman is crying.]''
-->'''Gwen: '''Upstairs woman or downstairs woman?
-->''[Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.]
-->'''Jules: '''Both.
-->''[A woman is crying.]''
-->'''Gwen: '''Upstairs woman or downstairs woman?
-->''[Jules stands up on her bed and listens, then puts her ear to the floor and listens.]
-->'''Jules: '''Both.
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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]
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* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang. It stars Jacqueline Kim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang.Phang, released exclusively to Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 23, 2015. It stars Jacqueline Kim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: There seems to be CCTV everywhere, and Gwen's employers have access to it.
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: There seems to be CCTV everywhere, and Gwen's employers have access to it.
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: There seems to be CCTV everywhere, BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The original Gwen is dead and Gwen's employers have access her clone is an inexact copy. However the original Gwen has secured Jules' future and Gwen 2.0 has reconciled with her cousin and Jules' father, and is starting to it.grow closer to Jules.]]
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* SoProudOfYou: Said verbatim by Gwen to Jules. Her daughter is kind, extremely smart and a very gifted artist and pianist. However that may not be enough for the world they live in, it is more than enough for Gwen.
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* FootFocus: There are many shots of feet in this movie.
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-->''Gwen: ''Am I too old, to be of use?
-->''David: ''What are you talking about Gwen?
-->''Gwen: ''So many women are out of work. Some are in real trouble.
-->''David: ''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, return to the home. The perception is its safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
-->''David: ''What are you talking about Gwen?
-->''Gwen: ''So many women are out of work. Some are in real trouble.
-->''David: ''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, return to the home. The perception is its safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced:
-->''Gwen: ''Am I too old, to be of use?
-->''David: ''What are you talking about Gwen?
-->''Gwen: ''So many women are out of work. Some are in real trouble.
-->''David: ''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, return to the home. The perception is its safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
-->''Gwen: ''Am I too old, to be of use?
-->''David: ''What are you talking about Gwen?
-->''Gwen: ''So many women are out of work. Some are in real trouble.
-->''David: ''...To be frank, there is talk among recruiters about letting women stay unemployed and well, return to the home. The perception is its safer than putting millions of desperate men on the street.
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* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong: Gwen 2.0 does not have any maternal instinct towards Jules and is constantly having to inject herself with medicine to keep her lungs working.]]
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In the not-too-distant future, Gwen is a single mother working as a spokeswoman for the biotech firm Center for Advanced Health and Living, while trying to get her daughter into a good school. At the same time unemployment is at catastrophic levels, and companies are not interested in hiring middle aged women.
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In the not-too-distant future, Gwen Koh is a single mother working as a spokeswoman for the biotech firm Center for Advanced Health and Living, while trying to get her daughter into a good school. At the same time unemployment is at catastrophic levels, and companies are not interested in hiring middle aged women.
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* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Jules' father turns out to be the husband of Gwen's cousin Lily. Gwen tells him and Lily when she is desperately trying to avoid the procedure.]]
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang. It stars Jacqueline Kim as Gwen and Samantha Kim as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang. It stars Jacqueline Kim as Gwen and Samantha Kim (no relation) as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
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* BioData: Gwen is seen signing a contract using her thumbprint.
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* [[spoiler: Twinmaker: How the technology really works.]]
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* [[spoiler: Twinmaker: TwinMaker: How the technology really works.]]
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To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure...
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To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure...procedure. However it requires the ultimate sacrifice...
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!!The film ''Advantageous'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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!!The film ''Advantageous'' provides examples of the following tropes:tropes:
*[[spoiler: AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Gwen 2.0 is this.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[spoiler: Gwen 2.0]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: There seems to be CCTV everywhere, and Gwen's employers have access to it.
* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld
* EducationMama: Gwen has good reason to be this, even prep schools are extremely hard to get into.
* JobStealingRobot: AI has made many careers extinct.
* MegaCity: Where the film takes place.
* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: Adds to the grounded tone of the movie.
* [[spoiler: RaceLift: Nearly all the potential models Gwen is given to choose from are white. Jules picks out the AmbiguouslyBrown option.]]
* TheSingularity
* SterilityPlague: Quietly happening in the background. Jules theorises that this is because of the insane amount of stress children are under.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: A news broadcast reveals child prostitution is a big problem. When Gwen is in the park she sees a girl (about the same age as Jules) change out of a revealing outfit and red high heels into more age-appropriate clothing.
* [[spoiler: Twinmaker: How the technology really works.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Jules
*[[spoiler: AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Gwen 2.0 is this.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[spoiler: Gwen 2.0]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: There seems to be CCTV everywhere, and Gwen's employers have access to it.
* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Gwen experiences this in spades - knowing that she will die in the process. Gwen 2.0 seems to not care as much]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld
* EducationMama: Gwen has good reason to be this, even prep schools are extremely hard to get into.
* JobStealingRobot: AI has made many careers extinct.
* MegaCity: Where the film takes place.
* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: Adds to the grounded tone of the movie.
* [[spoiler: RaceLift: Nearly all the potential models Gwen is given to choose from are white. Jules picks out the AmbiguouslyBrown option.]]
* TheSingularity
* SterilityPlague: Quietly happening in the background. Jules theorises that this is because of the insane amount of stress children are under.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: A news broadcast reveals child prostitution is a big problem. When Gwen is in the park she sees a girl (about the same age as Jules) change out of a revealing outfit and red high heels into more age-appropriate clothing.
* [[spoiler: Twinmaker: How the technology really works.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Jules
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''Advantageous'' is a 2015 science-fiction film directed by Jennifer Phang. It stars Jacqueline Kim as Gwen and Samantha Kim as her daughter, Jules, with supporting characters played by James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong and Jennifer Ehle.
In the not-too-distant future, Gwen is a single mother working as a spokeswoman for the biotech firm Center for Advanced Health and Living, while trying to get her daughter into a good school. At the same time unemployment is at catastrophic levels, and companies are not interested in hiring middle aged women.
To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure...
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!!The film ''Advantageous'' provides examples of the following tropes:
In the not-too-distant future, Gwen is a single mother working as a spokeswoman for the biotech firm Center for Advanced Health and Living, while trying to get her daughter into a good school. At the same time unemployment is at catastrophic levels, and companies are not interested in hiring middle aged women.
To hold onto her job, Gwen will have to submit herself to a drastic procedure...
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!!The film ''Advantageous'' provides examples of the following tropes:
