Issa Rae's Performance In 'Black Mirror' Falls Flat With Fans
Fans Are Not Feeling Issa Rae’s Performance In ‘Black Mirror’ Season 7’s “Hotel Reverie” Episode
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Bernard "Beanz" Smalls
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April 17, 2025
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“I know it’s unpopular, I know people love Issa Rae. She’s done some good work in the past but with this plot, with this storyline—I feel like she just didn’t fit the role,” Mabry said.
Soooooo basically he’s mad at Issa Rae for doing what she does best.Other Comments About Issa Rae’s Performance
Users on X, formerly Twitter, are suggesting that Nicole Beharie, who starred in one of the standout episodes from the previous season, should have been cast in the role, not Rae. “Nicole Beharie should’ve been cast instead of Issa Rae… I still think about this acting masterclass she put down in that black mirror ep,” the post on X read. Another post read, “Everybody seems to love this hotel reverie episode and im sitting here like issa rae was not believable as an heartbroken lesbian lover be fr.” The complaints about Rae follow people are already being on the fence about season 7 of Black Mirror because they feel it has been “too Americanized.”1.
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