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Megan, the Creepy Robot From the ‘M3GAN’ Trailer, Is an Instant Queer Icon<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty and Universal Pictures</p> <p>Have you heard of Megan (from the movie <em>M3GAN</em>)?</p> <p>Of course you have. She is, after all, the moment. The conversation. The internet’s meme du jour. In the pantheon of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/scene-by-scene-this-is-what-makes-the-babadook-such-an-lgbt-icon">Instantly Queer Online Figures</a>, Megan is the new grand marshal of the digital Pride parade.</p> <p>But for my own satisfaction, I’ll give you the must-know details. Earlier this week, Universal Pictures released <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/m3gan-is-already-a-cult-film-thanks-to-its-outrageous-trailer">the trailer for <em>M3GAN</em></a>, a film about a little girl named Katie whose parents died in a car accident. Her caretaker, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/put-some-respect-on-girls-star-allison-williams-name-for-her-iconic-turn-as-marnie-michaels">played by Allison Williams</a>, is an engineer who believes Katie would benefit from her newest project: an android tasked with keeping Katie emotionally and physically safe by the name of, you guessed it, Megan. This immediately sounds like a terrible idea, but Marnie’s going to Marnie.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/m3gan-trailers-robot-is-a-queer-icon-like-the-babadook-and-ma?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty and Universal Pictures

Have you heard of Megan (from the movie M3GAN)?

Of course you have. She is, after all, the moment. The conversation. The internet’s meme du jour. In the pantheon of Instantly Queer Online Figures, Megan is the new grand marshal of the digital Pride parade.

But for my own satisfaction, I’ll give you the must-know details. Earlier this week, Universal Pictures released the trailer for M3GAN, a film about a little girl named Katie whose parents died in a car accident. Her caretaker, played by Allison Williams, is an engineer who believes Katie would benefit from her newest project: an android tasked with keeping Katie emotionally and physically safe by the name of, you guessed it, Megan. This immediately sounds like a terrible idea, but Marnie’s going to Marnie.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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