Black Mirror: Nosedive
by Rashida Jones & Mike Schur; dir. Joe Wright (Netflix, 2016)
Social commentary as a reductio ad absurdum. The exploration of social media ‘like’ culture is pertinent but hard to watch, the heightened fakeness overwhelming save for brief bursts of unaffectedness courtesy of James Norton, Cherry Jones and (in cathartic conclusion) Sopé Dìrísù.
