SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in the “Black Mirror” episode “Common People,” currently streaming on Netflix.
Rashida Jones is an acting pro. But there’s a line in her “Black Mirror” episode “Common People” that she struggled to say on camera without laughing: “Ride smooth with Thirst Trap Lube.” That was hard enough — but then try saying that while face-to-face with a semi-naked Chris O’Dowd.
That line is just one of several comical moments in “Common People.” Others involve Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays a perma-upbeat yet increasingly sinister sales agent — a character she describes as the “representation of corporate greed.”
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