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* AssPull: Merk turning out to have RippleProofMemory and having been killing Carter on purpose does explain why he killed Carter no matter what Carter did, but otherwise isn't really foreshadowed and [[VoodooShark raises many more questions,]] like why he didn't appear confused or at least curious in the second loop, why he kept acting like a regular brutal cop for the first 97 loops (was he {{Gaslighting}} him?) and how he could possibly have arranged some of Carter's deaths, like the no-knock warrant or when other cops kill Carter, in the apparently small window of time he has.
* AlternateAesopInterpretation: TheReveal that Merk isn't just a RabidCop, but is aware of the time-loop and is deliberately murdering Carter out of sadism and racism could be taken as a statement that real life American police forces are institutionally designed to oppress underpriviledged groups, and thus should be abolished or at least fundamentally changed; a position held by many real-life critics of the police.
* AlternateAesopInterpretation: TheReveal that Merk isn't just a RabidCop, but is aware of the time-loop and is deliberately murdering Carter out of sadism and racism could be taken as a statement that real life American police forces are institutionally designed to oppress underpriviledged groups, and thus should be abolished or at least fundamentally changed; a position held by many real-life critics of the police.
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* CompleteMonster: [[KillerCop Officer Merk]] is a sadistic and [[BigotWithABadge extremely xenophobic]] NYPD Officer. [[PoliceBrutality After murdering Carter for a simple confrontation over weed]], he is made aware of the time loop and [[TimeTravelingJerkass abuses it to murder Carter]] for sport, killing him over 99 times, even breaking into his hookups apartment in swat team to kill him. In the 99th time loop, he puts up a [[FauxAffablyEvil nice]] mask to bring Carter to his house, before he sadistically reveals his awareness and [[KickTheDog murders Carter right in front of his house]], having plans to continue the time loop murder for as long as possible.
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* CompleteMonster: [[KillerCop Officer Merk]] is a sadistic and [[BigotWithABadge extremely xenophobic]] NYPD Officer. officer. [[PoliceBrutality After murdering Carter for a simple confrontation over weed]], he Merk is made aware of the time loop and [[TimeTravelingJerkass abuses it to murder Carter]] for sport, killing him over 99 times, even breaking into his hookups hookup's apartment in swat with a SWAT team to kill him. In the 99th time loop, he Merk puts up a [[FauxAffablyEvil nice]] mask to bring Carter to his house, before he sadistically reveals his awareness and [[KickTheDog murders Carter right in front of his house]], house, having plans to continue the time loop murder for as long as possible.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions. The fact that the film does [[NoEnding not end on]] [[DownerEnding an optimistic note for the black protagonist]] does not help matters, as this implies that ''no'' amount of effort from Black people can resolve the current issue of racism, which may only cause more people within marginalized groups to give up fighting against racism altogether.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions. The fact that the film does [[NoEnding not end on]] [[DownerEnding an optimistic note for the black protagonist]] does not help matters, as this implies that ''no'' amount of effort from Black people can resolve the current issue of racism, especially if the perpetrators (in this case, the police officer) learn nothing and continue unimpeded.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions. The fact that the film does [[NoEnding not end on on]] [[DownerEnding an optimistic note for the black protagonist protagonist]] does not help matters, as this implies that ''no'' amount of effort from Black people can resolve the current issue of racism, especially if the perpetrators (in this case, the police officer) learn nothing and continue unimpeded.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions. The fact that the film does not end on an optimistic note for the black protagonist does not help matters, as this implies that 'no' ''no'' amount of effort from Black people can resolve the current issue of racism, especially if the perpetrators (in this case, the police officer) learn nothing and continue unimpeded.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions. The fact that the film does not end on an optimistic note for the black protagonist does not help matters, as this implies that *no* 'no' amount of effort from Black people can resolve the current issue of racism, especially if the perpetrators (in this case, the police officer) learn nothing and continue unimpeded.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.
depictions. The fact that the film does not end on an optimistic note for the black protagonist does not help matters, as this implies that *no* amount of effort from Black people can resolve the current issue of racism, especially if the perpetrators (in this case, the police officer) learn nothing and continue unimpeded.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Most of the commentary you'll see on the film is people calling it out on "ripping off" Cynthia Kao's ''Groundhog Day For a Black Man''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-67K-KwHbA Just look at the replies for the YouTube trailer]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of DudeNotFunny (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of 'Film/GroundhogDay with a black protagonist who gets shot by police every loop' had been done before. An episode of Series/TheTwilightZone2019 had the same premise, and before that, Cynthia Kao's short film ''Groundhog Day for For a Black Man'' came out in 2016 and even won an award at a film festival.festival.
* SerialNumbersFiledOff: On the topic of ''Groundhog Day For a Black Man'', criticisms against this short have begun to crop up after [[https://www.shethepeople.tv/viral-video/oscars-two-distant-strangers-cynthia-kao-tiktok-groundhog-day-for-a-black-man/ Cynthia Kao published a video on TikTok suggesting that the producers of this short stole from her short.]]
* SerialNumbersFiledOff: On the topic of ''Groundhog Day For a Black Man'', criticisms against this short have begun to crop up after [[https://www.shethepeople.tv/viral-video/oscars-two-distant-strangers-cynthia-kao-tiktok-groundhog-day-for-a-black-man/ Cynthia Kao published a video on TikTok suggesting that the producers of this short stole from her short.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon DudeNotFunny (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.depictions.
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* TooBleakStoppedCarring: TooBleakStoppedCaring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.
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* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
* TooBleakStoppedCarring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesomedepictions.
* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.depictions.
* TooBleakStoppedCarring: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome
* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and the ceremony, victory, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and two three more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright and Wright, Adam Toledo) Toledo and Andrew Brown, Jr.) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and the ceremony, led to the film being hit with criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a novel point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.
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* TooSoon: HarsherInHindsight: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and two more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and the ceremony, led to the film being hit with this critique criticisms of TooSoon (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Released around the same time as ''Series/{{Them|2021}}'', ''Two Distant Strangers'' [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-19/them-amazon-two-distant-strangers-netflix-debate generated]] [[https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Netflix-Two-Distant-Strangers-movie-review-16094277.php similar]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/them-two-distant-strangers-black-tv-film controversy]] regarding its repeated imagery of a Black man being brutally murdered by a white officer, particularly in ways that echo numerous real-life police killings (including the then-recent high-profile instances of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the former of which was still in the news cycle). This led to some Black critics calling the film "trauma porn," feeling it did little to make a point on racism that justified the gruesome depictions.
* TooSoon: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and two more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and the ceremony, led to the film being hit with this critique (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
* TooSoon: While the film was meant to be timely, the fact that it premiered just as former police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, and two more high-profile police shootings (of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo) took place between its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and the ceremony, led to the film being hit with this critique (in conjunction with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy) from some Black audiences.
