Wasnt quite sure what to expect but due to Netflix complete lack of anything new and interesting in English, I decided to watch this collection of episodes shot from the perspective of video chat software.
Each episode is designed (supposedly) tondeal with different struggles people are facing in America during the COVID pandemic (solitude, employment, racism, etc...) but in the end it comes off largely like a pile of millenial bulls**t.
The first episode is about a man quarantined in his apartment, struggling to deal with his recovery from substance abuse, the loss of his relationship, and his business (which has been shut down due to pandemic).
The second episode, which I found somewhat funny due to the excellent casting choice, was about a family holding an online memorial for the death of their father. This was probably the only truly entertaining episode in the bunch.
Subsequent episodes included the relationship issues of a gay couple trapped together in quarantine, a single mom working without childcare, an elderly couple in retirement, a young Asian gamer girl and her online crush, and a young man trying to determine his responsibilities to the BLM movement.
The majority of the series felt entirely self serving and pandering to every cliche the writers could muster. TV should be entertaining and news should be informative...currently it seems the other way around, with news looking to grab attention, regardless the consequences and TV trying so desperately to be relevant by attempting (and failing) to address the state of modern life.
Anyone not fairly well versed in modern SJW speak will likely be as confused as "Uncle Tony" as a large chunk of the show is dedicated to issues and situations only relevant to tweens and millennials who spend the majority of their lives behind a screen.
What was the point? Other than making my eyes roll at all the "OMG" moments? The last few episodes were particularly awful, where Netflix attempted its hand at addressing racism. We should all try to remember that TV (including the news) benefits more from stirring the pot and trying to create a cagematch, rather than addressing such issues intelligently and with passion and understanding.
Bottom line, this show passed the time for a few hours but ultimately didn't benefit my life in any way whatsoever.
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