Adaption of 'The Metamorphosis' Trades Roach for Robot : DNews — news.discovery.com

Franz Kafka's seminal work The Metamorphosis is famous for its themes of alienation, absurdity and now androids, as a robot takes center stage in a new theatrical adaptation. Acclaimed Japanese director Oriza Hirata worked with leading roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro to create the star of the show, a tall gangly robot with a metal skeleton and white human-like face and hands. "Even though people react when they see a robot, you can tell people are not moved by it," Hirata told AFP. "I wanted to create a situation in which a robot could move an audience."

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