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The Nutty Professor (1963)
★ 6.5 · 467 ratings on TMDB
What does he become? What kind of monster?
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.
DirectorJerry Lewis
The emergence reading
The Nutty Professor keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8confidencedial set to artificially high confidence and charisma via serum (technology · personal)
Same rung, same subject
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