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The fourth season of Black Mirror is shocking, twisted, amusing, melancholic, and occasionally – very occasionally – hopeful. It's also pretty great.
Once again, each of its six episodes presents a standalone tale set in the near future, where some aspect of contemporary culture has been allowed to develop in a nightmarish way.
In the past, the show has often drawn inspiration from technology – more specifically the way in which it distorts our social lives and daily interactions. Twitter, reality television, virtual reality: they’ve all provided jumping-off points for the show’s dystopian dreaming. A good Black Mirror episode has always felt not only feasible but depressingly inevitable.
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The fourth season of Black Mirror is shocking, twisted, amusing, melancholic, and occasionally – very occasionally – hopeful. It's also pretty great.
Once again, each of its six episodes presents a standalone tale set in the near future, where some aspect of contemporary culture has been allowed to develop in a nightmarish way.
In the past, the show has often drawn inspiration from technology – more specifically the way in which it distorts our social lives and daily interactions. Twitter, reality television, virtual reality: they’ve all provided jumping-off points for the show’s dystopian dreaming. A good Black Mirror episode has always felt not only feasible but depressingly inevitable.
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