Pavlovian response

Schoenbrun, who debuted with 2021’s similarly hermetic internet chiller “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” has a knack for imagery that triggers a Pavlovian response: D.A.R.E. posters, Fruitopia vending machines, election booths offering up Ross Perot or Ralph Nader, and inserted scenes of “The Pink Opaque” that capture the flat, bright fuzziness of ’90s episodic TV.

It’s like hearing the sizzle of fajitas being paraded through a dining room, creating a Pavlovian response.

It meant less liberation from the office and more never not working, creating a Pavlovian response to the clicks, dings and buzzes.

It elicits a Pavlovian response in any ’90s kid, but to a child of the 2020s, it’s like nails on a chalkboard.

When big box stores and radio stations start playing the tune, it elicits a Pavlovian response to start shopping.