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Nov 1, 2026 9 min

What Makes Black Mirror So Good?

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Patreon: https://patreon.com/polymatterTwitter: https://twitter.com/polymattersReddit: https://reddit.com/r/PolyMatterDiscord: https://discord.gg/polymatterBlack Mirror is widely loved, but it's also horrifying to watch. So what makes it so compelling, and is it more than a critique of technology?### Credits ###Video footage is taken from episodes of Black Mirror, a show written and created by Charlie Brooker. The full series can be found on Netflix.comThe first song is The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/The second song is Mariage d'Amour - Paul de Senneville || Jacob's Piano which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCG-WNsZioThe article titled "The Case Against Black Mirror" can be found at http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/black-mirror-the-case-against-it.html The section in this video was taken directly from that article, but is not the entire article.The poll of favorite episodes is http://www.strawpoll.me/11556061/r and was found on the Black Mirror subreddit.Charlie Brooker clip is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2YPxSDIoPE

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