![]() ![]() This is a program that is so bafflingly watchable I had to wonder if there was some Josie and the Pussycats -esque government subliminal messaging that kept me not only watching but wanting more. The whole thing feels like an extended bit from an episode of 30 Rock collided with the plotline of an unmemorable episode of Black Mirror -two more pop culture references that are overused, but when you’re trying to ascertain the meaning of something like Alter Ego, you must grasp at every straw you can to make sense out of something that was never supposed to make any sense at all. As much as these two descriptors are lazily applied to things that don’t actually fit their definition, there’s no denying that they are certainly the most appropriate terms that come to mind when trying to make sense of Alter Ego, the confounding new FOX reality competition where “singers” of middling-to-mildly-deserving merit suck themselves into a skin-tight motion capture suit to create the show’s titular animated personalities so they can “perform” for possibly the most perplexing panel of judges ever assembled for a reality television show. The same goes for the word “dystopian,” which has now become a favorite throw-around adjective for any societal problem that feels strange or unjust. We’ve nearly gotten to the point where two words that are used to describe something that is artificial or robotic in nature as eerily humanlike-so much so that it evokes a feeling of distress or unease-are nearly meaningless because of how often they’re ascribed to things that are simply just weird. ![]() ![]() The phrase “uncanny valley” is thrown around a lot these days. ![]()
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