Uncanny
Why Theory
The Uncanny Valley
Several reviewers of the 2004 animated film polar express called its animation eerie CNN reviewer Paul Clinton wrote those human characters in the film come across as downright well creepy. Todd Jenkins: The idea on cannie valley is about a, it's about a deficit in the object. He says that Freud was talking about castration and not life-like qualities such as eyes or eyebrows.
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