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[[caption-width-right:1000:''An emotion picture'']]
'''''Dirty Computer''''' is ShortFilm that serves as the visual companion to the [[Music/DirtyComputer album of the same name]]. It was released on April 27, 2018 alongside its parent album.

Monáe dubbed the film an “emotion picture” which she defines as a narrative film and accompanying musical album.
!!Cast
*Music/JanelleMonae as Jane 57821
*Creator/TessaThompson as Maryapple #53 [[spoiler:/ Zen]]
!!''Tropes found in ''Dirty Computer''
*AnachronicOrder: The film does not follow the album’s tracklist order.
*Main/{{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:This is what happened to Zen before she meets Jane in the beginning.]]
*BonusMaterial: [[spoiler: The “Pynk” chapter of the movie gives the song an additional verse that is missing from the album version.]]
*ClosetKey: [[spoiler:Jane serves as this for Zen’s memory.]]
*ColorMotif:
**Pink: Pink is not only associated with women and femininity but [=LGBT+=] people as well. Fitting since the film is pretty queer.
**Purple, pink, and blue shows up together in many scenes in the film.
*[[CompanyCrossReferences Creator Cross References]]: Jane shares the same serial number as Cindi from Janelle’s Metropolis saga explored on her [[Music/MetropolisTheChaseSuite first]] [[Music/TheArchAndroid three]] [[Music/TheElectricLady releases]].
*DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler: Zen becomes Maryapple #53 after her memory wipe.]]
*LovableRogue: Jane and her friends are these.
*ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:That’s how Zen got her memory back.]]
*PunkInTheTrunk: Jane’s friends hid in the trunk of her car to hide from the police robot.
*YouAreNumberSix: Maryapple is the fifty-third of her kind.

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