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Leah Gallo SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The Social Reckoning,” now playing in theaters.
Aaron Sorkin’s new film “The Social Reckoning” begins with a vignette about the impact of social media that’s as chilling as any statistic about the dangers of social media. And Portia Doubleday sits at its center, portraying the human toll of Facebook.
In the first chapter of the new film, entitled “White Girl Wasted,” we see Doubleday’s character, Kaylee, standing by her stalled car on the side of the road. When two police officers (Sierra Capri and Michael Braugher) pull over and approach her, she tells them that AAA is on their way to assist her; she’s also visibly impaired, slurring her speech and combating them at every turn, even as her face is buried in her phone.
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