The latest season of ‘Black Mirror’ found its way to Netflix this week and has been met with generally positive reviews from the millions who call themselves fans.
Unfortunately, the wave of outstanding reviews it has earned finds itself forced to compete with rising criticism surrounding the episode ‘Striking Vipers’ which stars Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
Full story (and spoilers) below…
‘Vipers’ tell the tale of a pair of friends (portrayed by Mackie and Mateen) who bond over their love for video games as they share an apartment with a woman (Beharie) who goes on to become Mackie’s character’s wife.
Once married, they lose contact with their former roommate but find themselves reunited with him years later when he shows up at a birthday party baring a gift…the ‘Striking Vipers‘ video game.
Keen to recapture the youth he lost when he became a husband and father, Mackie soon finds himself returning to his gaming ways and joins his old friend (a fun-loving womaniser) in the interactive world where they enter the bodies of the fictional characters below.
Submerged in the game’s wild world, the friends find themselves trapped in a web of lust, fire and sexual desire when their characters fall for each other.
Viewers had this to say…
Some felt the episode was forged to push what they believe is a “gay agenda” into the black community.
Others loved it…