‘Black Mirror’ Has Never Been About Bad Tech — It’s About Us
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 22, 2023
Sometimes when we think about the word “dystopian,” it conjures an image of something like the Earth on fire with an extraterrestrial standing next to it holding a match. Or something like “I, Robot” or “Minority Report.” It’s inconceivable, miserable or far outside our present day or understood reality.
That’s always been what separates good dystopian stories from great ones: their proximity to reality at the time. Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone” remains the gold standard, but creator Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” has always held an impressive adjacency to that iconic show.
