A man and woman stare in contemplation at a quarter moon and the woman makes a remark about the incomprehensibility of humanity’s most notable extraplanetary achievement: sending a manned mission to the moon. The male, in an irreverent gesture, attempts to make a “geek recognition joke” in which a non-sequitur line from a movie in pop culture (In this case, Obi Wan Kenobi’s (Alec Guiness) line from Star Wars Ep IV, “A New Hope”) is recited by rote. However, he is cut off by the female who counters this attempt at a humorous non-sequitur with her paraphrase from the same movie, this time emulating Darth Vader’s heavy-handed style of command. Comically, she seems even to be able to perform the “Force Choke” that was iconic to the character Darth Vader’s mystical repertoire, lifting and choking the subject with a paranormal grip and a menacing finger gesture.
CURATOR’S NOTE: Observe the female character in the dominant and socially normalized position. In an unusual twist, she also has the ability to engage in geek culture fluently but evidently prefers not to.
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