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Rashida Jones and Tracee Ellis Ross Despair Over ‘Corporate Greed’ at Heart of Comically Bleak ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Common People’
Tracee Ellis Ross and Rashida Jones discuss the 'corporate greed' at the heart of their 'Black Mirror' episode 'Common People.'
That line is just one of several comical moments in “Common People.” Others involve Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays a perma-upbeat yet increasingly sinister sales agent — a character she describes as the “representation of corporate greed.” She promotes cereal over breakfast, tells students at her school about the latest offers on Nike sneakers and, while mid-coitus with O’Dowd, extolls the virtues of the aforementioned Thirst Trap Lube (“Available in six flavors, none of them vanilla”). Ellis Ross’ character is confronted with an increasingly frustrated Jones and O’Dowd (who has resorted to humiliating himself online in exchange for much-needed finances to pay for the upgrades), and she responds with more corporate marketing jargon.
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