The New Era of Streaming Services: How Black Mirror’s ‘Common People’ Exposed That
By Ruby Sharkie
As with half the nation at the moment, I have been glued to my screen watching the new season of Black Mirror. The seventh season in the series, currently stands at No. 3 on the Netflix trending list as of the time of writing this. The show highlights societal issues within thriller/sci-fi style story lines and my favourite episode so far has to be ‘Common People’.
Common People, the first episode of the season, follows a couple, Mike and Amanda, who are trying for a baby. However, one day, Amanda collapses whilst at her teaching job, it is revealed she has a brain tumour and will die without a medical procedure that costs £300 per month. The couple subscribe to the procedure, but over time, the company changes their privileges and forces them to pay more money, cau...