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Make Me Up!

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

A satirical look at the contradictory pressures faced by women today. It examines how television and social media can help us explore identity, at the same time encouraging women to conform to strict beauty ideals. Multimedia artist Rachel Maclean has created a world that is both seductive and dangerous, a place where surveillance, violence and submission are a normalised part of daily life.

Siri wakes to find herself trapped inside a brutalist candy-coloured dreamhouse. Despite the cutesy decor, the place is far from benign, and she and her fellow inmates are encouraged to compete for survival. Forced to go head to head in a series of demeaning tasks, Siri and Alexa start subverting the rules, soon revealing the sinister truth that underpins their world. Show less

Contributors

Figurehead:
Rachel Maclean
Cortanna:
Kirsty Strain
Tweed man:
Stewart Preston
Glamorous woman:
Laura Harvey
Sausage Face:
Rachel Maclean
Producer:
John Archer
Executive Producer:
Clara Glynn
Production Company:
Hopscotch Films
Executive Producer:
Sud Basu
Executive Producer:
Jenny Waldman
Executive Producer:
Mark Thomas

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