In my living doll, a top secret robot with advanced technology is in the form of a woman, which is programmed to do whatever it is told to prevent discovery. Because she is not only just a top secret robot that has advanced technology beyond their modern daytime but furthermore is in the form of a very attractive woman which can draw countless men and unwanted attention to a very top secret project. Which in doing so is forced to live with a psychologist that is trying to portray the robot as the perfect woman, by commanding it to do whatever it says. There are numerous messages from the science fiction tv show. Such as advanced technology which can if discovered motivated other countries to develop new technology to help with everyday life,
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First, the whole idea of Dr. McDonald teaching Rhoda to be the "perfect woman" seems to have been dropped after the very first episode. Instead, after the first episode, the show becomes much more about Dr. McDonald trying to get the extremely intelligent, but also very naive robot to adapt to human society. Second, while one would think a show featuring Julie Newmar as a very sexy robot would be filled with sexual innuendo, there is actually very little innuendo to be seen on the show. In fact, it's contemporary Bewitched contained much more in the way of sexual innuendo (and sex in general)! Third, like its contemporary Bewitched and the subsequent I Dream of Jeannie (which would debut the following season), it is more often than not Rhoda who comes out on top in the various episodes. As a result, My Living Doll has a slight feminist subtext much the same as Bewitched (although as Rhoda is a robot perhaps "individualist" rather than "feminist" would be a better word in the case of My Living Doll--despite her appearance, Rhoda is essentially genderless). Like Bewitched, on My Living Doll, a man attempted to make a powerful woman (or, a robot shaped like a woman, in this case) to conform to traditional expectations of women, only to have his efforts utterly defeated by that woman.”( …show more content…
However, if you fully understood and watched the tv show then you would know that the whole concept behind the doctor showing her the ropes on how to be accepted by this society. During this time period of when the show was being televised, there was the women feminist movement group that was making huge milestones in our history. This tv show demonstrates how the woman in the show has to learn numerous things in order to be the ideal woman. Because at first she had no knowledge of how to carry herself in the outside world, so the doctor a very respectable man decided to teach her everything she needs to know instead of keeping her coupe up in the house In this brief article. ”Upon its debut, My Living Doll received mostly positive reviews. Win Fanning in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described My Living Doll as "..inspired whimsey about a beautiful robot and a man with an eye for feminine allure..." (Canote,par7). My living doll had nothing but positive reviews said about the tv show, there was no indication of the show trying to be sexist against females which many thought that was the reason behind the show getting cut off during the middle of the season. But according to this
First, the whole idea of Dr. McDonald teaching Rhoda to be the "perfect woman" seems to have been dropped after the very first episode. Instead, after the first episode, the show becomes much more about Dr. McDonald trying to get the extremely intelligent, but also very naive robot to adapt to human society. Second, while one would think a show featuring Julie Newmar as a very sexy robot would be filled with sexual innuendo, there is actually very little innuendo to be seen on the show. In fact, it's contemporary Bewitched contained much more in the way of sexual innuendo (and sex in general)! Third, like its contemporary Bewitched and the subsequent I Dream of Jeannie (which would debut the following season), it is more often than not Rhoda who comes out on top in the various episodes. As a result, My Living Doll has a slight feminist subtext much the same as Bewitched (although as Rhoda is a robot perhaps "individualist" rather than "feminist" would be a better word in the case of My Living Doll--despite her appearance, Rhoda is essentially genderless). Like Bewitched, on My Living Doll, a man attempted to make a powerful woman (or, a robot shaped like a woman, in this case) to conform to traditional expectations of women, only to have his efforts utterly defeated by that woman.”( …show more content…
However, if you fully understood and watched the tv show then you would know that the whole concept behind the doctor showing her the ropes on how to be accepted by this society. During this time period of when the show was being televised, there was the women feminist movement group that was making huge milestones in our history. This tv show demonstrates how the woman in the show has to learn numerous things in order to be the ideal woman. Because at first she had no knowledge of how to carry herself in the outside world, so the doctor a very respectable man decided to teach her everything she needs to know instead of keeping her coupe up in the house In this brief article. ”Upon its debut, My Living Doll received mostly positive reviews. Win Fanning in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described My Living Doll as "..inspired whimsey about a beautiful robot and a man with an eye for feminine allure..." (Canote,par7). My living doll had nothing but positive reviews said about the tv show, there was no indication of the show trying to be sexist against females which many thought that was the reason behind the show getting cut off during the middle of the season. But according to this