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Use for identifying a work of SF or Fantasy, including novels, movies, comic books, fanfic, TV series, video games, etc. Use with other tags to specify the type of media, eg. [short-stories]. Use [episode-identification] for identifying a single episode of a known series, whether TV, book, or comic. Use [actor-identification], [character-identification], [music-identification], or [object-identification] for those specific ID requests instead.
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TV programme similar to "Harrison Bergeron" [duplicate]
Many years ago (1970s or 80s) I saw a TV film clearly based on Harrison Bergeron, though I can't remember whether it used the title.
However it had a very different ending. … Harrison is not killed, but recruited by some kind of "deep state" which runs things from behind the scenes. One particular line sticks in mind. …
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SF novel in which the presidency of the world depends on your IQ score
He is very clear that it was a novel, so it is not a misremembering of (say) Harrison Bergeron. …
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Looking for science fiction short story collection from 1970's
Review: Children of Infinity
The second story is Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
It is the year 2081, and all people have been made 'equal' through the
use of physical and mental handicaps. … GradeSaver: Harrison Bergeron Summary
While 'Harrison Bergeron' has been collected endlessly, 'All You Can Eat' appears to have been collected in only one anthology; Children of Infinity. …
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Short story about people who wear things to hinder their ability
This is almost undoubtedly "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut. … The father is smart, so he wears an ear-piece that makes loud noises at intervals to disrupt his train of thought; the son (Harrison Bergeron) is virtually a super-man, with headphones blasting static …
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Social dystopia requiring conformant behavior
Check out "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. There was a 90s movie adaption with Sean Astin. Another good one to check out would be the "Handmaids Tale".
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Episode of TV show where nobody was allowed to be smart
Thanks very much to the people who suggested Harrison Bergeron (1995). …
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Looking for short science fiction story about a television program with people being "tortur...
This is "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, and is probably one of the most commonly assigned short stories in U.S. schools. …
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90s sci-fi short story: boys enter a bunker, cannot read the signs, trigger defence system
Maybe Harrison Bergeron too. …
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Which short story involves intelligent people being put in an institution?
Harrison Bergeron maybe? Short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. …
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Film (possibly made for TV) where everyone wears a headset which controls thoughts by suppre...
It's a short film adaptation of Harrison Bergeron. I also don't see Terrence Knox listed among the cast, but perhaps the poster was mistaking the identity? …
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Looking for dystopian short story titled "The Girl", don't remember name of author
It was set at a school in an Orwellian future dystopia where the students and teachers all wore masks to conceal their individuality (similar to the ballerinas in Kurt Vonnegut's story "Harrison Bergeron …
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Film (possibly made for TV) where everyone wears a headset which controls thoughts by suppre...
You're describing Harrison Bergeron (1995). Everyone wears an IQ suppressing headband and everything's very '1950s'. … Harrison: Last night, seeing those programs I realized that...Everything looks like in the 1950's. Is it intentional?
John Klaxon: Rule number 1: Everything is intentional. …
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Looking for a dystopian book with handicapped people
This is Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. …
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Looking for the title of a futuristic book about enforced equality
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
The opening paragraph starts:
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal
before God and the law. …
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Short story about a perfectly average citizen
by a nuclear war, and the population was desperate for a bit of normality, so jumped on this paragon of averageness, electing him president and starting a trend (similar to the theme of stories like "Harrison … Bergeron", "The Marching Morons", etc.) where "averageness" is celebrated. …
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