Post Modernism | Hummans

How far is ‘Humans’ a post-modern text?

Elements of bricolage and “borrowing” from other texts (“Real Humans”)
Relies on audience understanding of sci-fi to decode it. Give examples.
Narrative is paradoxical and fragmented with flashbacks and montage
Uses intertextuality and cultural codes to create audience appeal. Give examples.
Post-modern themes such as the relationship between identity and technology, man v machine, conformity v individualism
Social, cultural and historical context: Oct 2016: Stephen Hawking follows up comments made in 2014 by saying : ‘the creation of powerful artificial intelligence will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity"

How could we apply the concept of “simulacra” to ‘Humans'? Is what we are seeing hyperreal?

The synths themselves may be seen as simulacra – copies of “perfect” humans which do not really exist
The parallel world to our own is a hyperreality – it is the present or near-future re-presented from a mediated perspective. Consider how this is constructed.
It may be argued that the series itself is a comment on the attractions of the hyperreal over the real – e.g. Joe’s sexual attraction to Anita.