Human Ash

Throughout "Be Right Back" the understanding of grieving and coping mechanisms are displayed in a rather, uncanny fashion. While modern day individuals mainly understand and know how and what the process of grief is and is not, the thought of how this can be changed in the future presents a difficult topic. The modern age has almost fully adapted to the notion of technological advances, namely cell phones, with mainly positive use and integration. Though, as explained in The Uncanny Valley, why is this particular combination of grief and near-future technology so jarring? Why is the modern world numb to the sensation of having a communicating technology in their hands all day, but the extra step of bridging the gap between physical human interaction and communicating technology so uncomfortable?
The way the short film presents this dilemma is not only beautiful and artistic, but also remarkably clever. It also parallels the way technology has become more and more of a driving force in every individual's existence in the past couple decades. There is no doubt how influential the slow, but very important advancement of cellular devices and most importantly, integration with the internet has become. The modern world that is now so reliant on technology and internet access did not appear overnight, just like the 'birth' of Ash 2. The creative view the audience is shown gives great reference to the vast importance of modern technology the modern world must be aware of, and rationally cope with.