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A BBC/HBO production, set in Britain, focusing on one family impacted by a near future dystopia.
It's a leftist wet dream. It features every woke and diversity element they could cram in. A gay couple, a mixed race couple, a mixed race lesbian couple, a refugee, a transgender kid, a woman in a wheelchair. It doesn't just hit you over the head with the inclusivity stick, it rams it up your arse and rogers you senseless. Like I was watching a big budget year 10 production. Throw in ham fisted references to - climate change alarmism, Trump alarmism, Brexit alarmism, populism turns into fascism alarmism, technology alarmism, health alarmism. Black Mirror does this so much better - without the cliched political garbage.
Despite all that, most of it was fairly watchable, just that the ending was a bit s**t. Rory Kinnear was excellent as usual. Emma Thompson was good as the populist polly. The soundtrack was distracting at times, like they were trying to compensate for lack of drama in the script.
5/10. You would probably like it if you like The Handmaid's Tale.
It's a leftist wet dream. It features every woke and diversity element they could cram in. A gay couple, a mixed race couple, a mixed race lesbian couple, a refugee, a transgender kid, a woman in a wheelchair. It doesn't just hit you over the head with the inclusivity stick, it rams it up your arse and rogers you senseless. Like I was watching a big budget year 10 production. Throw in ham fisted references to - climate change alarmism, Trump alarmism, Brexit alarmism, populism turns into fascism alarmism, technology alarmism, health alarmism. Black Mirror does this so much better - without the cliched political garbage.
Despite all that, most of it was fairly watchable, just that the ending was a bit s**t. Rory Kinnear was excellent as usual. Emma Thompson was good as the populist polly. The soundtrack was distracting at times, like they were trying to compensate for lack of drama in the script.
5/10. You would probably like it if you like The Handmaid's Tale.
