![]() An extended subplot about a conman whose sex life is derailed by a brush with a dolphin hits new heights of absurdity, and inspires some startlingly lush descriptions of marine nookie. Ludicrous situations proliferate, many involving the dad’s two sex dolls, who are good springboards for comedy set pieces, such as when Hazel gets her arm stuck in one’s mouth, or rather “Throatgina™”. She is a funny writer, and her goal here seems to be to make every line a gag. Nutting touches on the feminist issues raised by this scenario, but only intermittently. But mainly he serves as a persecutor of Hazel, who had only managed to ensnare him originally through flattery, lies and the total suppression of her true self. ![]() His tech is sufficiently advanced to bear out Arthur C Clarke’s maxim that it’s indistinguishable from magic, and Nutting has good fun describing his combination head-massager/web-browser and the like. Byron, Hazel’s husband, is a billionaire internet mogul pursuing global domination through gadgetry – a sort of unholy hybrid of Elon Musk and Tony “Iron Man” Stark. ![]()
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