Aeon
May 28, 2017 - 20 min
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The wild multiverse ride is a familiar story of intergenerational migrant angst. As the 2022 Hollywood blockbuster Everything Everywhere All at Once explains in a dizzying universe-hopping adventure, the multiverse is a metaphor for the infinite ways our paths can split. Through the lens of the immigrant experience, Cici Peng explores how the film speaks to our constant exposure to multiple realities in the digital age.