SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in the “Black Mirror” episode “Common People,” currently streaming on Netflix. Rashida Jones is an acting pro. But there’s a line in her “Black Mirror” episode “Common People” that she struggled to say on camera without laughing:
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