Black Mirror
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Brooker starts by sketching character through juxtaposition between a pair of scenes.
Jump ahead 11 years to Dannys 38th birthday party, and hes a shadow of his virile younger self.
They briefly exchange fisticuffs, then with zero warning whatsoever begin furiously making out.
The words dont feel like a gay thing are, inexorably, uttered.
Theo can tell that somethings not right, and of course her mind makes the immediate leap to affair.
Shes not completely off base.
This premise should raise lots of meaty questions about surrogacy and fetishism and male pathology.
He mentions that hes tried other digitized dalliances, and its never the same as with Danny.)
Its just a story about this guy who wishes his best friend was bangable.
Like everything else in this episode, its been half-thought-through, leaving the writing developmentally stunted as a result.
