GR translation: Her suave metal husband

[Monte Davis]

Maybe just a flicker, sex-reversed, of Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis' here?

http://metropolis1927.com/inc/img/5.jpg

Frau U. as the distraught and disheveled Rotwang, her husband as the
smooth, emotionless, menacing robot-Maria?

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V716.15-20, P730.28-34   Frau Utgarthaloki jumps to her feet, upsetting a
> platter of stuffed sores—beg pardon, no they’re deviled eggs—and runs from
> the room, sobbing tragically. Her suave metal husband also rises and
> follows, casting back at the troublemakers virile stares that promise
> certain death. A discreet smell of vomit has begun to rise through the
> hanging tablecloth. Nervous laughter has long embrittled to badmouth
> whispering.
>
> What does "metal" refer to here?
>
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