Barbra Streisand’s dog cloning is a modern tragedy. Pets are meant to die | Stuart Heritage
by Stuart Heritage from on (#3H5AX)
To own an animal is to learn about the inevitability of dying - not that loved ones can be replicated if we cough up the cash
Barbra Streisand might not brim with the white-hot cultural relevance she used to, but nobody can deny that she's a trier. For example, when everyone's back was turned, she went off and created her very own Black Mirror episode.
In her episode, a broken-hearted millionaire realises that she cannot bear to part with her sick dog, so she spends an inordinate amount of money to have it cloned. However, with every passing day, the millionaire realises the futility of her gesture. The clones don't behave like the original, and the differences between old and new tear at her soul until she drowns the puppies in a lake.
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