Once you accept the premise, which I didn't find too difficult, this is a terrific social commentary on the deep psychological effects social media popularity contests have on young adult psyches.
Brilliantly acted and written, this show carries you into the minds of your average people, and accurately portrays the level to which social media can multiply shallow, self-obsessed, selfish, and superficial behavior (beware of the s's). To convey this message, the episode just presents a reality where social status and popularity of a person is given more weight, and the sad thing is that this might just be a possible future for us if we are not careful. You'd just have to replace money, looks and status quo with social popularity, which may just accurately be the sum product of all those things.
The episode also tries to convey the grim reality that you can't just escape its webs so easily because one day your popularity might affect the jobs you can have, the house you can buy, even places where you are allowed to go. I am glad Netflix restarted this series. This is just too important, and everyone should see this and discuss on these topics.
Brilliantly acted and written, this show carries you into the minds of your average people, and accurately portrays the level to which social media can multiply shallow, self-obsessed, selfish, and superficial behavior (beware of the s's). To convey this message, the episode just presents a reality where social status and popularity of a person is given more weight, and the sad thing is that this might just be a possible future for us if we are not careful. You'd just have to replace money, looks and status quo with social popularity, which may just accurately be the sum product of all those things.
The episode also tries to convey the grim reality that you can't just escape its webs so easily because one day your popularity might affect the jobs you can have, the house you can buy, even places where you are allowed to go. I am glad Netflix restarted this series. This is just too important, and everyone should see this and discuss on these topics.