The Age of the Asshole Is Over

Two futuristic sci-fi stories-Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams-land at just the right time By Lauren Huff Black Mirror's #MeToo Moment The script for the "USS Callister" episode of Netflix's creepy sci-fi series Black Mirror was conceived long before...

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Published in:Hollywood Reporter 2018-05, Vol.424, p.16-16
Main Author: Huff, Lauren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brooker, Charlie
Dick, Philip K
Milioti, Cristin
Plemons, Jesse
Rees, Dee
Science fiction & fantasy
Television programs
Weinstein, Harvey
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Summary:Two futuristic sci-fi stories-Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams-land at just the right time By Lauren Huff Black Mirror's #MeToo Moment The script for the "USS Callister" episode of Netflix's creepy sci-fi series Black Mirror was conceived long before the Harvey Weinstein bombshells and the subsequent ШеТоо and Time's Up movements, but the episode felt especially timely when it aired with the rest of the six-episode fourth season in December.Following tech genius Robert Daly (Jesse Plemons), who creates his own Star Trek-esque universe within an online game where he controls and abuses digital clones of his co-workers, the episode hit Netflix two months into the workplace harassment reckoning.Electric Dreams' Terrifying Tyrant With the "Kill All Others" episode of Amazon's sci-fi anthology, Electric Dreams, director Dee Rees, who helmed 2017's Mudbound, took an alien-invasion story and morphed it into a haunting political allegory. * As with the rest of the series, the episode is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick - in this case, "The Hanging Stranger " Hackett К tells the future-set tale of an everyman, Philbert (played by Mel Rodriguez), who hears the nation's only presidential candidate (an eerie Vera Farrmga) instruct viewers to "kill all others" during a campaign appearance, prompting violence.
ISSN:0018-3660