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Description acceptable. A parody of this scene featuring an Apple computer is cut short when one character in partial blackface says “Let's not lose our cool. Then we're no better than the machine”. It’s not from Carol or The King and I, but after seeing people dance on TV with hot dog fingers for the very first time, this scene is briefly parodied in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Children play with dolls before a giant Margot Robbie appears (15[2])during a parody (15[2])of (15[1])this (15[1])scene (15[1])in the opening (15[1])of (*) Barbie. Characters defeat tapirs after hearing Gyorgy Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna" in this sequence filmed in Namibia. In this scene, a bone that was used to bash a skull is thrown in the air before a match cut to a spacecraft in motion. For 10 points, name or describe the opening sequence from a 1968 Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film. ■END■

ANSWER: “The Dawn of Man” sequence [accept the monkey or ape or primate or desert or tool or cave or “origin of humanity” scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey and equivalents; accept the Namibia or Africa or bone or opening scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey and equivalents before mention; prompt on partial answers; prompt on monolith by asking “Who finds the monolith?”; reject anything to do with “astronauts”] (the lead-in refers to Zoolander)
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