Severance
We're all different people at work.
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Wokeness: 20%
Overall Score: 90%
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wokernot
A gripping dark comedy thriller
This show is an amazing concept with a nearly flawless execution. It explores what it would be like if our work lives could be "severed" from our personal ones. In theory, this seems like a good idea. Keeping our work lives separate and therefor achieving the perfect work/life balance.
But what if you were depriving both of your personalities from both joy and sorrow. How does depriving ourselves of our identity turn ourselves into something different, for better or for worse?
This show explores these topics in a thrilling and gripping tale that will have you at the edge of your seat.
For wokeness, it does have displays of Gay attraction, but so far this seems like a tasteful presentation of the subject. There are no outright sex scenes (either hetero or homo), just the attraction between 2 of the main characters exemplified through some dialogue, light hand touching, and an "almost" kiss. I will give it a 1/5 for wokeness just because, why? I feel like every show has to say "gay" now, and really this story stands perfectly well on it's own without needing to make any statements. I don't feel that is overshadows or ruins the show as a whole, but viewers should be aware that it's present if they wish to avoid it.
5/5 Overall, because I love high concept story in the sci-fi genre, and this show does not dissapoint!
Created: 03-25-2022
JustEntertainment
Mildly woke in a lot of ways, but fascinating.
Creepy and horrific, with remarkable design and unique storytelling. Casting is subtle and thought-provoking. Evil characters are easy and fun to hate on.
Where is the woke? For one, it's overwhelming emasculating. ALL the female characters are screamy, bossy, and physically abusive. There is not one major male character in a position of power or intellect - ALL of them have to be POC and women. Is this woke? Yeah, because it's glaringly noticeable and forced enough to distract from the story.
There is a gay gay gay visibility thing about a certain main character's storyline, but there's no butt sex, no flying penises or orgies, and no pervert stuff. No sex or nudity throughout the series at all (at least the first season), which is nice.
All the above said, there are cringe moments and it takes a long while to empathise with the characters because of them. But the story does draw you in, and eventually you forget about the despised purple-haired-Star-Wars-Lady elements somewhat enough to gain interest in the actual slow-moving development.
At least the first season, only mildly woke.
Created: 10-27-2022
bobthebuilder
Banger
An absolute must watch series. The concept is brilliant and the acting is good. It brings up rarely posed questions in TV and will challenge you a little. John Turturro is brilliant.
The Wokeness
I didn't find it particularly woke, if at all. No lecturing, no on-the-nose characters, no mary-sues. Considering it's modern TV, this is as good as it'll get woke-wise (and it's definitely worth the watch!)
Created: 09-08-2023
scallanan
Created: 08-22-2024
