The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece

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I'm definite we're each acquainted with Dark Crystal, truthful we cognize that Jim Henson tin beryllium weird and tackle somewhat much mature taxable matter. But determination is small successful his oeuvre that is rather arsenic mind-bending arsenic the Muppetless The Cube. This 1969 teleplay was produced for an NBC anthology bid called Experiment successful Television, which featured, appropriately enough, assorted experimental films, plays, and documentaries. One occurrence adjacent featured Marshall McLuhan explaining his oft-cited mentation that "the mean is the message."

Even among each these oddities, however, Jim Henson's The Cube stands out. It's a 53-minute vessel movie - taking spot astir e …

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