Rent-a-friend
In a socially dysfunctional future not too far away, the rapid emergence and acceptance of rent-a-friend agencies bring to light a worrying fragility of human relationships as a material commodity. Greg is a professional “friend”. For a fee, he will, and can perform a...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50010 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | In a socially dysfunctional future not too far away, the rapid emergence and acceptance of rent-a-friend agencies bring to light a worrying fragility of human relationships as a material commodity.
Greg is a professional “friend”. For a fee, he will, and can perform a variety of social roles ranging from a boyfriend, to a far-flung relative.
Greg’s sister, Amanda, is vehemently opposed against her brother’s occupation, seeing it as demeaning of human relationships. However, it is only through Malcolm, a client who rents Greg to accompany him in his final moments, that Greg begins to see the rationality of Amanda’s words. |
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