![]() In a society where you are manufactured and born in a laboratory to be what you are and nothing more, there shouldn’t be any depression, want, or desire. ![]() He is called to investigate the death of an Epsilon or trash man who may have committed suicide. Think Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb, until our protagonist Bernard finds people aren’t entirely comfortable or numb to what’s happening around them. In New London, the citizens work for Soma, a mood enhancer that levels out every emotion into a blissful middle ground where nothing matters. BRAVE NEW WORLD - “Pilot” Episode 101 - Pictured: Demi Moore as Linda - (Photo by: Steve Schofield/Peacock)Īs the #TimesUp movement collides with the Selfie Nation, it isn’t that hard to imagine a time when we trade our privacy for likes. The Peacock Original premiering today through a series of byzantine twists and turns leaves you with more questions than answers and more than enough space for seasons to come. The ending of the book leaves zero room for future stories. Pulling from Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel but updated, this new vision is clearer and more poignant. Brave New World is juicy, sexed-up escapism for a pandemic starved audience.
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