The computer terminals used by the Macro Data Improvement Team have no “escape”; a key
Synopsis
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided into work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague shows up while he’s not working, he embarks on a journey to discover the truth about his job.
Late Night with Seth Meyers: Ben Stiller / Rose Matafeo / Brooke Colucci (2022)
This is normal for the terminals in the Data General Dasher D2 series, which seem to be like this. How I wish I could come home from work and not remember anything!
But that’s the plus, and that’s the minus
If that were the case, attendance would be at an all-time high. Without the stress or anxiety of work, you just show up because that’s what you’re paid to do.
The viewer is then given enough interest and mystery to get involved in the delivery of vital information in this slow-burning beauty
Without giving away too much, the first 2 episodes allow the viewer to be involved in the characters who take on the strange act of Severance at a large secret corporation. .
The perfect ingredient for a modern, shattering journey into the unknown of corporate dystopia
Overall, it’s an Orwellian and Kafkaesque trailer of thought with a hint of Beckett’s Godot dialogue.