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The One: Netflix’s latest sci-fi series fails to add value to the concept of custom-made love in a dystopian world
FirstpostIn a world gradually descending into a dependence on technology, Netflix’s The One, gives a glimpse of what it would be like to have your soulmate be custom-made for only you. Black Mirror-esque in its approach, the sci-fi series is all about the core problems that lie beneath such “matchmaking.” Based on John Marrs’ 2017 novel, The One keenly observes couples who sign up for the Soulmates programme and follows their lives as they try navigating each other’s romantic spaces. We’ve all had “natural, out in the world” experiences, but The One stands as an alternative for what comes next, for what happens when humans feel the compelling need to be alone, yet find love. But The One hints at a lower probability of it, but always giving its audiences a hope that it’s never all too bleak.
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