![]() ![]() This is probably as valid an interpretation as the more technical ones presented in the other answers and the overall title is likely using that ambiguity for evoking meaning on multiple levels this way, just as the story itself juxtaposes Turing's personal problems with his historical achievements. There are two different theoretical claims that are run together in many discussions of The Turing Test that can profitably be separated. ![]() (As a side-note, the subtitle to the German version of the movie, "Ein streng geheimes Leben" ("A top secret life"), while maybe a little bit too much on the nose, emphasises this connection further.) So he himself is forced to play an imitation game, imitating a straight man. ![]() In fact a big emphasis of the movie, beyond the WWII spy story that already offers many possibilities for "imitation", is the rather personal story of Alan Turing and his struggles with being homosexual in a time where that wasn't really accepted at all. The other answers already draw some really good connections to various parts of Turing's work, be it movie-related or more general. The Imitation Game Quiz Which Character Are You by Samantha Stratton J296 playing now Start Quiz Respond to these rapid questions in our The Imitation Game quiz and we will tell you which The Imitation Game character you are. ![]()
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