GR translation: Her suave metal husband

[David Morris]

Cold and hard.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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