calamitous Mirrordroppedits 7th seasonlast week , and while several ofthe novel episodesshare themes of beloved and romance , there are very fewhappy endings . The one entrance that does bid last - act uplift is “ Hotel Reverie , ” which introduces a Hollywood ace ( Issa Rae ) whose desire for meatier roles top her into an AI man where she happen … an exclusively different sort of desire .
The episode ’s complex tech element imagine that Rae ’s fictional character , Brandy Friday , is inserted into a vintage black - and - white picture show — a sort ofCasablanca - ish tale titledHotel Reverie — as a means to “ remake ” the celluloid with a contemporary adept .
Though it ’s really just her consciousness that ’s unite into the practical diversion , thanks to cutting - boundary AI Brandy ’s experience experience veridical . The world finger substantial . And her digitally crafted co - hotshot , Clara ( played inHotel Reverieby tragic starlet Dorothy Chambers , and played in “ Hotel Reverie ” by Emma Corrin ) palpate extremely real . Like , “ sentient with a soul and capable of falling in love ” real .
Issa Rae as Brandy Friday as Dr. Alex Palmer in “Hotel Reverie.“© Netflix
A new audience inthe Hollywood Reporterwith sequence director Haolu Wang , as well as Rae and Rae ’s co - star Awkwafina ( who plays the foreland of the AI start - up behind theHotel Reverieexperiment ) , digs into the futuristic yet startlingly human emotional territory the episode , penned byBlack Mirrorcreator Charlie Brooker , explores .
“ The story is fundamentally about two citizenry finding a genuine connection and themselves in an entirely artificial setting , ” Wang explained . “ That contrast is really interesting , and it ’s very moving because it talks about someone from now and someone from the past , both histrion trapped in dissimilar style who otherwise would have never gather . They recover each other in a alike gravy holder and regain themselves being able-bodied to be their true self for the first time with each other , but in a limited place . ”
Wang continued . “ What the instalment discusses , broadly , around AI , is what actors are going through mighty now , and if this could actually happen to an worker that tried to act out a role . What ’s the psychological , and emotional entailment for somebody who has just been used for two hours ? ”
“ The Brandy character in the end wants to keep a certain connectedness or hungriness , but that ’s totally circumscribed . The more it feels material that Clara is there , the more we also know that it ’s impossible . It gives people that wakeless notion of , what if we use that engineering science on real people , on player ? What would the implication of that be ? ”
In the conclusion , “ Hotel Reverie ” comes up with a way for Brandy and Clara to keep in touch , even though Brandy is in the genuine world and Clara is entirely digital . There ’s a little bit of “ look , howwould that exploit exactly ? ” involve in the twist , but to Wang , “ The connection is what matters . That ’s what stays with you that will never go aside , even though you ’ll never quite have your soul ever again . The ending is tonally bittersweet , in a way that is not altogether tragic . It ’s about what kind of feeling you want to leave the audience with and , for this , it ’s yearning . ”
you’re able to watch over “ Hotel Reverie ” and the relaxation ofBlack Mirroron Netflix .
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