The most sad Black Mirror episode was written by the beloved HBO creator

Although the “caliphate” is known for its spread from 1 %, its actual demand for fame is its ability to portray toxic relations in a ridiculous way and can be fully believed. Chef and Tom were complete chaos, but the catastrophe of their relationship will not hurt much if there was no true love between them. The public can understand why Chef and Tom bad are together, but there is enough for the audience (or at least, Some audience) To the root for them anyway.

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That is why it is not very surprising that we get to know that the “Caliphate” bidder Jesse Armstrong also wrote an episode of the British Dystopian series “Black Mirror”, Way in her first season in 2011. A story that won critical approval This is the best example in the form of a typical “Black Mirror” ring. The “Black Mirror” episode should offer a wonderful part of science fiction technology-in this case, memory cultivation allows people to record everything they see and hear. After that, you must show us all the small ways that affect this technique on the world, and then you should show us how things increase worse.

Here, the downside is that Liam (Toby Kibel) begins to restart moments of his life in an attempt to prove that his wife is cheating on him. If it is not for technology, he has left everything, but now he has a way to move to this rabbit hole at the expense of his marriage and mental health. Liam grows increasingly with bone and mob, just to strike us with the brutal “black mirror”: Liam’s doubts are correct. It was not limited to his wife FFION (Judy Whitaker), but their child is not even for him. Thus, one of the most chaos, the darkest, sadness in “Black Mirror” ends. It is the only episode that I haven’t seen, because I find it very frustrated and uncomfortable to return to it.

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The “caliphate” fans often viewed your “entire history” about any signs of the “caliphate” who is lying in the mind of the writer. The most obvious component to be referred to is that the exact ring is on marital infidelity; Fifion has definitely deceived Liam, but she was not photographed as a villain and Liam finds no happiness in exposing her. A similar thing to play in the “caliphate”, as it will not only deceive the chef of Tom, but will be asked to have an open relationship on their wedding night. (Classic chef!)

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It is another messy and uncomfortable situation, and the “caliphate” does not allow Tom to be a clear victim. We see his treatment of those you tell him (such an employee who uses him as a foot bond) that he may treat a chef worse if the shoe is on the other foot. If Tom is the rich inheritance of a billionaire executive head and a chef is much minimal, it is easy to see Tom takes it as a Muslim as well.

Another interesting similarity is the way in which your “entire history” depicts the corruption of technology in the same way that the “caliphate” depicts the corruption of money. For the previous episode, one of the most anxious serials is a sexual scene between Liam and FFION, as instead of enjoying each other at the present time, they have sex while watching the memories of their previous sexual meetings. It is a painful sequence. The memory technique was supposed to be close to people, but we could see here how much the intimate relationship has killed them.

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Meanwhile, in the “Caliphate”, Chef and Tom quickly reached a point where they can barely talk to each other outside the polite compliments and councils. They talk about their marriage as if it was a commercial arrangement, which is essentially; It’s not even Their fighting in the fourth big season They can speak directly. This scene was brutal, but it was positive on the two – their wealth gave them the luxury of going to nearly four seasons without a sincere conversation. Just after that, they can really start correcting things. (at least, This is my interpretation))

The main similarity between your “entire history” and “Caliphate” is the way to avoid both stories with an easy path. For the “Black Mirror” episode, the easy way was to be a timer of no basis. If his doubts are completely madness, this will be more clear criticism of the memory technology offered here, but it was also less interesting.

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The episode is committed to viewers’ minds for a long time because it is not possible to blame the tragedy completely on the technique, and because the characters are very complex and well written so that they cannot be reduced to a simple displacement. There is the expected typical show, but it requires the back seat of convincing drama. It is a great contradiction with some of the most frustrating “black mirror” entries over the years. For example, the “common people” in the season is a Criticism for health care for profitBut that’s all it is. There are characters to serve the message made by the episode, but they are not complicated characters themselves.

Likewise, the “caliphate” could have been a standard “eating rich narration”, but it never settled for a very simple thing. There are no letters of the working class for us to root them (No, Greg does not count) The main conflicts are almost among people. The 1 % anti -traits are still present, but they restore the seat to ensure that these characters are complicated and convincing. We cannot put them in one box, regardless of how difficult the attempt. It is easy to make the audience make fun of your rich main characters, but it is impressive to make your viewers hate them and their root at the same time.

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