" Number 12 Looks Like You " is the episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. This is set in a dystopian future where everyone, once they reach adulthood, has transformed their surgical bodies into one of a series of physically attractive models.
Video Number 12 Looks Just Like You
Opening narration
Maps Number 12 Looks Just Like You
Plot
In future societies, all young adults undergo a process known as "Transformation", in which the body of each person is transformed into a physically attractive design chosen from the selection of a numbered model. This process also slows down decline due to age and provides immunity to illness, extends human life span, and makes unspecified psychological correction. Due to the tremendous popularity of the 12 female models and 17 male models, all adults wear name badges to avoid confusion.
18-year-old Marilyn Cuberle decided not to undergo the Transformation. No one else could understand Marilyn's decision, and the people around him were baffled by his displeasure with the conformity and shallowness of contemporary life. His "radical" conviction was fostered by his deceased father, who gave Marilyn the forbidden books and began to regret his own transformation several years earlier, committing suicide for losing his identity.
When Dr. Rex was informed of his decision, he told Marilyn to go into the hospital room against her wishes, pretend to psychologically examine and cure her for reasons of refusing the procedure. Marilyn suspects that although it is not legally required, Transformation is not optional, and maintained by community leaders to ensure conformity. Her best friend Valerie, who had undergone a transformation, did not show any emotional reactions to Marilyn's protests, even when she shed tears. Marilyn realized that no one who had undergone the Transformation could sympathize with her. He tried to escape from the hospital, but because of the post-hypnosis advice he had planted during his stay, he went to the operating room to undergo the Transformation.
Dr. Rex, who operated on Marilyn, commented that some people have problems with the idea of ​​Transformation but that "improvement" in this procedure now guarantees positive results. Marilyn reappears, looks and thinks exactly like Valerie. "And the most beautiful part of all, Val", she gushed, "I look just like you!"
Narrative cover
Program notes
To show this future community in this episode, Suzy Parker and Pam Austin play almost all female roles (actress Collin Wilcox plays Marilyn's protagonist before the transformation), while Richard Long plays all the roles of men; the dialogue in the episode shows that Parker and Long describe the most popular model chosen for the Transformation. According to show producer William Froug, Parker was specifically cast because he was "at that time the most famous model in [United States]... it is my opinion that if you are going to do a show about everyone who looks as beautiful as possible to use him.
This episode was originally sponsored by American Tobacco (Pall Mall), with a message of "sponsor sponsors" (from Procter & Gamble) in the center.
Cultural effects
This episode highlights the age-old Hollywood obsession and young looks for women. Although Collin Wilcox (born 1935) and Suzy Parker (born 1932) have only three years of age difference, Wilcox plays the daughter of Parker character. The 29-year-old Wilcox is 18 years old.
Novel 2005 Uglies shares some themes with this episode. This also happens in the future where adolescents receive surgery to look 'perfect' and live healthier and longer and center on a girl who initially refused surgery.
Band The Number Twelve Looks Like You takes their name from the title of this episode.
Charlie Brooker stated in an interview that this episode affects "Fifteen Million Benefits", an episode of his anthology series, Black Mirror .
See also
- List of episodes of The Twilight Zone
References
- Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion . Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)
- DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone . Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-136-0
- Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to Classic Television . Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9703310-9-0
External links
- "Number 12 Looks Like You" in IMDb
- "Number 12 Looks Like You" on TV.com
- The text of Charles Beaumont's original story "The Beautiful People"
- Russian translation of this story by Svetlana Vasilyeva
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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