Submitting to Cubicle Culture – Joseph Holmes

Submitting to Cubicle Culture – Joseph Holmes

Everyone seems crazy about Severance. One of the first shows in a while to be a true “water cooler” show, it has a 96 percent rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics and 76 percent from audiences. It’s spawned an entire cottage industry of YouTube sleuths theorizing about every clue the show’s given to the show’s mystery. It’s even crossed political boundaries, with everyone from Eileen Jones at Jacobin and Ben Shapiro at the Daily Wire calling it “…

After three years of waiting, Season 2 of Severance was released recently on Apple TV+. It is one of the most original and fascinating series in recent years!

The Samsara of “Severance”

When I watched Outie Mark try to convince Innie Mark to give up his life so he could be reunited with his wife, I couldn’t help but wonder how different Mark Scout’s life would be if he understood the dharma. In fact, I often think about that when watching Severance, now Apple TV’s most-watched show of all time.  Director Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson have masterfully crafted an enigmatic, chilling world in this sci-fi thriller—one the In…