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Do Androids Dream of Electric Miles?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Miles?

When arts criticism enters the matrix, I'm not sure anybody wins

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Nate Chinen
Sep 28, 2023
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Hey look, it’s Miles Davis as a tchotchke, putting the funk in Funko. Like all figurines in the Funko Pop realm, he looks a bit like a tiny android. No? Well, let’s say for the sake of argument that he does, because it fits in with our theme. Stay with me.

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