I never watched it, but I’ve heard about this show both in passing and in “left spaces.” Are any of these things true about it? Thanks.
–It is too on the nose with its social commentary. –The criticism it makes is obvious. –The subjects it tackles are low-hanging fruit of the digital era. –It is the stupid person’s idea of a profound show. –Something about it being British led to more dunks on it. –The reason it entered left discourse in the first place is because it had potential as a critical text, but ultimately failed at it.
Its fun, some episodes are better than others, I think the earlier seasons are better than the later and that hype kinda went to the production teams heads which made them think they should do some things that didn’t really work. It’s a fine show where I can just slap on a random episode and enjoy myself, I’d recommend it for a day where you’re looking for something to watch. Very approachable.
People online like to have Discourse™️ and because the show does social commentary that leads to a lot of Discourse™️ Don’t worry about it. It’s not really that deep and doesn’t really get improved by being treated like it is. It’s just some good stories and some mediocre ones and sometimes you go “yeah that is kinda fucked up”.
I’d recommend the Star Trek one or the one(s) with Jon Hamm.