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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
They definitely seem intent on using their platform to explore many, many issues. You’ve got pretty much every character either with some warp speed arc related to romance and/or self realization, then adding in your me-too, sexuality, racism, homophobia, etc.
It seems like they had a laundry list of ideas and wanted to cover everything rather than having space for anything to breathe and play out, so they were all thrown in for a battle royale.
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Yeah I think that's a fair point, taking a broader view it's a trend I've noticed in other Netflix original this year as well. They're a very data driven organization, so I'm sure they're trying to keep a lot of different demographics hooked, and as a result the shows end up pretty stuffed.
The Miley Cyrus episode of Black Mirror was probably the single worst offender in this regard, they tried to cram so many different themes into one story that none of it really got the attention it deserved.