The Week contest: A cryo controversy
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This week’s question: A Chinese man who had his wife cryogenically frozen after her death in 2017 is facing backlash after it was revealed he’d been dating someone else, a living woman, since 2020. If Hollywood were to make a sci-fi movie about the love rivalry between a revived, formerly frozen spouse and her husband’s new partner, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “Frigid Bones’ Diary”
Charles Kikel, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
SECOND PLACE: “The Biggest Chill”
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Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.
THIRD PLACE: “Thaw Wars: Revenge of the Stiff”
Rich Herbst, West Chester, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“2001: A Spouse Oddity”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.
“Inclement Proposal”
Joel Nelson, Goleta, Calif.
“Menage a Thaw”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.
“Total Rethaw”
Michael Hogg, Richmond, Va.
“Revenge of the Wifesicle”
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Va.
“Seems Like Cold Times”
John Parry, Eldersburg, Md.
“Frozen Meets Wicked”
Paul Anderson, Franklin, Tenn.
“I Thaw You First”
David Levine, Bradford, N.H.
“Thermostat Wars”
Lenn Robbins, New York City
“Ice Capades”
Greg Miller, Alhambra, Calif.
“Freezer Burn”
Peter B. Gallagher, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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