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Seeking Mavis Beacon | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer
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8/8/2024
Launched in the late ’80s, educational software Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the program? | dG1fcFVyTzBibEFKT2s
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When you see detectives in movies, they show you the map, they don't show them cutting
00:05
out the pieces that go into the map.
00:07
Well, because that's the difference between a detective movie and a stalker movie.
00:14
Hello, I am wondering what's up with that Mavis Beacon hotline?
00:20
Is Mavis Beacon still alive? Is Mavis Beacon a real person?
00:22
She's like one of the first consumer-facing AI assistants.
00:26
She predates Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and all of these servile sambods.
00:31
Remember that computer program that we used to learn in elementary on that big-ass computer?
00:36
Yeah, yeah.
00:37
So what they do to her?
00:43
All you need is one lucky break.
00:45
Say you find her, what will it mean when you do?
00:48
Black women have a tremendous amount to say, a tremendous frenzy, a brainstorm to process.
00:58
Maybe she is the natural spokesmodel for that.
01:02
A year ago, Olivia and I started this.
01:04
We're like these DIY e-girl detectives.
01:07
Trust us, we're harmless.
01:09
That sounds even worse.
01:11
I'm so sorry.
01:14
What does it mean to be found and have that story told on one's own terms?
01:18
I wish I could just put her in your head.
01:21
You and I, we know in our heads and in our hearts that society is kind of gaslighting us.
01:28
You should record this because it's a little bit of history.
01:31
It's good detective work, Olivia.
01:33
My stockings finally tade off.
01:35
There are these histories of black women supporting, teaching, and then somebody going off and having success.
01:41
That is not black.
01:44
So if Mavis will not speak to you, now what are you going to do?
01:48
What's your plan, filmmaker?
01:49
We don't need to be the beacons of excellence and hope all the time.
01:54
I don't want to be a perfect black person all the time.
01:57
And I'm not.
02:00
Tell me real quick if she looks familiar to you.
02:01
Oh, I do know her.
02:03
You do?
02:04
In my journey to find out who is Mavis Beacon, I learned who she wasn't.
02:11
The fact that you're watching this video means you are energetically aligned with me and this message.
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