Meanwhile, their tormentors, those that have designated them assholes, are very clearly little better than those they attack and humiliate, often using pretensions of vigilante justice to engage in being assholes themselves. The assholes often do things that make them seem unsympathetic such as being rude overall to engaging in child murder or pornography, but the events they go through are so utterly horrific that any sense of schadenfreude is drained right out. Asshole Victim: Occasionally played straight, but deconstructed more often than not, particularly in 'White Bear', 'Shut Up and Dance', 'Hated in the Nation', 'White Christmas', and 'USS Callister'.Author Tract: The entire point of the series, when you get down to it, is making a point on the effects of technological advancement on our humanity.In 'The National Anthem' it is said to exist alongside the BBC, ITV and Sky in the Black Mirror universe. Alphabet News Network: UKN, the fictional news channel which reports on stories throughout the series.and how human reaction to these things is twisted by new technology. Mostly, Black Mirror deals with things like the fear of losing a child or a spouse, the fear of heartbreak and infidelity, the fear of losing your social standing, etc. There are only a few episodes with more outlandish threats. Indeed, a Freeze-Frame Bonus shows they take place at about the same time - Carlton Bloom's 'agitation exhibit' is mentioned during a broadcast during the Waldo Moment. 'The National Anthem', 'The Waldo Moment', and 'Shut Up and Dance' are exceptions as, due to no visible tech advancement, they are presumably set around present day. 20 Minutes into the Future: Most episodes are set just far enough in the future to allow the advanced technology to exist.Black Mirror Labyrinth, a walkthrough maze at Thorpe Park Resort, opened in May 2021, having been delayed from 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. A literary series of original Black Mirror stories edited by Brooker was planned, but was postponed indefinitely in 2018 due to his lack of time to work on them.

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