You’re running ads through me?
Rashida Jones got a surprise but well-deserved Emmy nomination for her performance as an advertisement-spouting teacher in the Black Mirror season 7 episode Common People, which filmed in Vancouver last Fall.
Outstanding Actress Nominees in a Limited or Anthology Series:
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Common People was nominated for Outstanding Writing too.
Outstanding Writing Nominees in a Limited or Anthology Series:
Adolescence, Written by Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham
Black Mirror, ‘Common People’, Written by Charlie Brooker, Story by Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali
Dying For Sex, ‘Good Value Diet Soda’, Written by Kim Rosenstock, Story by Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriweather
The Penguin, ‘A Great Or Little Thing’, Written by Lauren LeFranc
Say Nothing, ‘The People In The Dirt’, Written by Joshua Zetumer
Common People is a frightening examination of life-saving health care distorted by the subscription model.
When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda (Rashida Jones) fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike (Chris O’Dowd) signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.
But there’s a catch. The price tag for the life-saving Rivermind tech means that over time the couple can’t afford it unless she becomes a walking pop-up ad.
Creator Charlie Brooker’s inspiration: “I’ve often been struck by how you’d be listening to a podcast and the hosts would suddenly go into an ad sales pitch seamlessly.” — Vulture.
Starring Rashida Jones as Amanda, Chris O’Dowd as Mike, and Tracee Ellis Ross as Gaynor from Rivermind.
Amanda’s classroom collapse was filmed at Queen Elizabeth Elementary in Vancouver’s Point Grey area last September.
Rashida Jones as Amanda, Chris O’Dowd as Mike and their Volvo.
Driving around Cloverdale, BC. last September.
Past Cloverdale’s Clova Theatre which had a new double bill courtesy of Black Mirror — I Used to be Funny and Hotel Reverie — the classic film featured in the black-and-white episode.
Juniper.
Played by SwissCanadian Mountain Range Association in Coquitlam.
Black Mirror Season 7 – Common People:
Working title: HAVEN GREEN
Vancouver unit: September 09 2024 – September 27, 2024
Showrunners: Charlie Brooker, Will Bridges.
Episode Director: Ally Pankiw.
Cast: Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Tracee Ellis Ross
Sound stages: Bridge Studios.
Producers: Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Annabel Jones, House of Tomorrow, Zeppotron, Netflix Productions.
Black Mirror season 7 is streaming on Netflix..