by Flack » Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:13 am
Danni Sanders is a largely tone deaf white girl in her early 20s writing for a popular website. Her article ideas are regularly rejected, the cool guy at work can't remember her name, and even her LGBTQ coworkers who talk about inclusivity don't include her. When Danni overhears about a fellow writer who went to a writing workshop, she tells a tiny white lie to cool coworker and says she's going on a writing workshop in Paris. "Take pictures," he says.
Of course there's no workshop, but Danni proceeds to fill her Instagram feed with Photoshopped pictures of her in Paris from the comfort of her tiny apartment. Over the next few days her views, likes, and friends are up and things seem to be going great until she posts a picture of herself standing in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris... five minutes before it is destroyed by a terrorist's attack. Danni's phone quickly blows up as people begin checking on her.
Of course Danni wasn't injured (she never left her bedroom), but now there will be more lies to cover the others. Her parents give her more attention than she's had in years. Her boss, who was on the verge of firing her, asks her to write an article about her experience. To gain knowledge, Danni visits a local support group where she meets Rowan, a teenage African-American girl who was a survivor of a school shooting. Danni appropriates Rowan's feelings and emotions for her article, and of course the article goes viral, which leads to even more issues for Danni. Soon Danni is not only appearing on the news but being invited to the hottest clubs and parties by the former coworker who couldn't previously remember her name.
The movie opens with Danni watching videos of people calling her the most despicable person on the planet, so we know sooner or later she will be exposed. Eventually she is, and the fallout is quick and without mercy.
Not Okay explores the relationship between our online and offline lives. It shows how easy it is to create an online reality that is not, in fact, based in reality, and shows how that online experience affects Danni's real life. What it doesn't do toward the end is offer any resolution. We see Danni's fall out, but there is little (if any) resolution. There is hope for people who have had bad online experiences, but what or how that works isn't really investigated here.
PS: I think this may be the first movie I've seen with millennials playing adults. I've seen movies with kids who say words like "sus" and "the gram", but not people in the workplace.
Not Okay is currently playing on Hulu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46NFGm0Iqy4
Danni Sanders is a largely tone deaf white girl in her early 20s writing for a popular website. Her article ideas are regularly rejected, the cool guy at work can't remember her name, and even her LGBTQ coworkers who talk about inclusivity don't include her. When Danni overhears about a fellow writer who went to a writing workshop, she tells a tiny white lie to cool coworker and says she's going on a writing workshop in Paris. "Take pictures," he says.
Of course there's no workshop, but Danni proceeds to fill her Instagram feed with Photoshopped pictures of her in Paris from the comfort of her tiny apartment. Over the next few days her views, likes, and friends are up and things seem to be going great until she posts a picture of herself standing in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris... five minutes before it is destroyed by a terrorist's attack. Danni's phone quickly blows up as people begin checking on her.
Of course Danni wasn't injured (she never left her bedroom), but now there will be more lies to cover the others. Her parents give her more attention than she's had in years. Her boss, who was on the verge of firing her, asks her to write an article about her experience. To gain knowledge, Danni visits a local support group where she meets Rowan, a teenage African-American girl who was a survivor of a school shooting. Danni appropriates Rowan's feelings and emotions for her article, and of course the article goes viral, which leads to even more issues for Danni. Soon Danni is not only appearing on the news but being invited to the hottest clubs and parties by the former coworker who couldn't previously remember her name.
The movie opens with Danni watching videos of people calling her the most despicable person on the planet, so we know sooner or later she will be exposed. Eventually she is, and the fallout is quick and without mercy.
[i]Not Okay[/i] explores the relationship between our online and offline lives. It shows how easy it is to create an online reality that is not, in fact, based in reality, and shows how that online experience affects Danni's real life. What it doesn't do toward the end is offer any resolution. We see Danni's fall out, but there is little (if any) resolution. There is hope for people who have had bad online experiences, but what or how that works isn't really investigated here.
PS: I think this may be the first movie I've seen with millennials playing adults. I've seen movies with kids who say words like "sus" and "the gram", but not people in the workplace.
[i]Not Okay[/i] is currently playing on Hulu.