r.e.g.g.i.N is a Robotic-Expressive-Goal Generated-Intelligence-Neural Network. A Reggin. But you can call him Reggi for short. The first android of his kind, his creator, acclaimed Black Engineer, Dr. Evette Winston, objects to placing Reggi in the ‘domestic field’, but her boss and financial backer, Harold, ignores her pleas.

Our story is shown in Black and White and takes place in an alternative retro-futuristic version of the 50s. Reggi bears the appearance of a handsome, twenty-something black man. Played like a vintage infomercial, a salesman describes Reggi like a prized steer of some kind, noting his strong back. Ms. Plantain, his potential new owner, watches seductively as Reggi performs superhuman-like tasks around her house. “Oooh, I’ll take one!” Ms. Plantain gleefully proclaims as he vacuums.

Reggi quickly learns that this world views ‘people like him’ differently although his owner, Ms. Plantain continues to proclaim, ‘He’s not a real man.’