The Apple TV+ series Severance critiques office culture by integrating food as a recurring theme. Set in a dystopian corporate environment, the show depicts how employees are severed into two identities—one at work and one in the real world. Food becomes a vital motivator, presented through vending machines and reward systems for productivity. Dan Erickson, the creator, shares his insights on the peculiarity of using basic human needs like food to compel workers, reflecting a deep-seated sense of irony and exploitation in workplace dynamics.
In Severance, food serves as a darkly humorous incentive within the drudgery of corporate office life, reflecting how basic needs can be manipulated.
Dan Erickson, creator of Severance, highlights the unsettling duality of office snacks: a tempting treat that also signals condescension from employers.
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