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Black Mirror Recap: Mandela Effect
The performances are great, but the problem is the technology.
That doesn’t mean Maria is in the clear yet, but she manages to gain control of the pendant using Verity’s finger, enabling her to enlist the cops as her new loyal acolytes and declare herself empress of the universe. I mean, I’m happy for Maria; as I mentioned, Siena Kelly is great, perfectly calibrating the character’s increasing unease alongside her natural talent for office socializing and corporate bullshit, and I cheered when she bested her adversary. • Again, as with the cop pinning a Black woman to the floor in “Mazey Day” last season, the script isn’t really interested in unpacking the loaded imagery of Verity siccing the police on Maria.
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