Why willn’t the Black Mirror Charlie Broker Severance creator not watch

They say that one of the best things that a fictional writer can do is read and see the largest possible imagination, to learn what other artists do in this field. This is a good advice 99.9 % of the time, but Charlie Brocker’s relationship with “Severance” may be this rare exception. BROOKER is the creator and continuous presentation of “Black Mirror”, a TV program that has long been explored some concepts “Severance”. He spoke about it A recent interview About his refusal to watch the Apple TV+ Hit series:

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“There is definitely an offer that I did not see, making me feel jealous. People still tell me to watch” Severance “, and I did not allow myself to do so because they also tell me,” Oh, you will love her. It is a “black mirror”, but it is much better.

Broker’s thinking is easy to see. Not only is it a similar offer, but it is currently enjoying A huge wave of monetary and popular praiseSomething “Black Mirror” enjoyed in 2010 but not much today. Perhaps “Mirror Black” is the new show of hip in the first two or three seasons, but now the prevailing cultural feelings are that they are outside the ideas or that they got them Very soft and American. There is a good opportunity for the tide to “run” one day – the tide comes all popular things – but now “Severance” at the top of the world and “Black Mirror” is not.

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in 2022 Interview with the New York Times“Severance” Dan Ericson talks about watching The “Black Mirror” episode “White Christmas”, Which offers the concept of digital awareness for the first time in the chain. There, digital consciousness is called cookies. They have the original personality and memories themselves, but they are burdened by knowing that they are not official and have no rights. Because it is inside computers, not the real world, their owners are able to manipulate their sense of time. In one of the most annoying scenes in the episode, John Ham seizes the settings accidentally so that a person trapped in the computer must try several months of endless awareness, with no one thing to pass the time.

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Ericsson said: “I remember that I feel cold and fear after seeing this, this devastating idea of ​​having to experience this endless isolation,” Ericsson said. “It is this nightmare to run out of the door, then just run, and you realize that you are really stuck in this specific space with this type of nightmare logic.” Talk about how the terrifying “White Christmas” scene It directly affected the opening sequence of the first episode of “Severance”. When Healy gets to know how she is not a “real” person, she only exists to work permanently, there is a similar feeling similar to existential terror.

Of course there are some main differences between the two concepts, and the main error is that the lump people (or escaping) in the “separation” are still physical organisms, not digital awareness. Therefore, when they do the rebels (We also see in the conclusion of the second seasonThey have more opportunities to respond to their oppression. “Severance” also benefits from not being an offer, which gives it the opportunity to dive truly in the differences between these separate awareness. “Severance” had 20 episodes to properly dive into the issue of what is qualified as a spirit, while “Black Mirror” can only address the question every time, usually for an hour at only one time.

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Charlie Brocker’s refusal to watch “Severance” has become more ridiculous with The “Black Mirror” version season 7Which features a final episode covering a similar objective ground. “Uss Callister: in Linfinity”, full of interactions between two physical volunteers who share the same souls. It is very similar to how INNIE and Outtie Mark It was not much in line with the conclusion of “Severance” season twoThe two nuclear that we follow in “Infinity” are not just a shame as we were hoping. Realistic nanette is not happy with the entire extortion situation that has been running In the first “USS Callister” episodeAnd digital nanette is a bit of the real Nanit that the real nanit may have a comfortable life all the time.

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The most interesting is the dynamic between Digital Walton (Jimmi Simpson) and Realon Realistic, which is a dynamic that looks very similar to Hili and Hylena dynamic in “Severance”. The reality of life Walton is the selfish CEO who does not see digital people as human beings, while Digital Walton is a real friend of the rest of the digital crew. Makes to study a great case in Nature VS. Group. As much as we love digital tonn, our support for him is complicated because of what we know in the real life capable of. And as we hate real life, we cannot hate it also Many because we know that there is good somewhere in his soul.

“Severance” still wins this comparison, just because he had more time to explore Dynamic Helly/helena from “Infinity” with Walton. If the “Black Mirror” supplement is allowed for a longer period, there may be a very exciting subcontinent as Walton was in reality in the reality of digital life with a kind of strength. Just as the digital nanit was seduced by the ability to abandon the crew to escape to her real body, it may have been possible to seduce digital tonn somehow, in a way that was completely placed in the test that changed his experience in the game.

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Unfortunately, “in Infinity” has no time to explore this question, while “Severance” has all the time in the world. Charlie Broker may not enjoy “Severance”, but if you want more Walton characters in “Black Mirror”, the Apple TV+ series is specific.