Black Mirror

[Rev. Rye]

Idue to some themes that would be unavoidable in "Shut Up and Dance," I decided to not do Series 3.

That it is the entire point of the series, however, to make the viewers feel as uncomfortable as possible by covering real life issues involving technology. I figured that there was something beyond that boy just having jacked off on camera, but I had figured perhaps he had been looking at pictures of guys rather than the direction they decided to go with it.

I understand that, and I even find myself loving to talk about uncomfortable subjects, and I even relished bringing it up (and even looking up a perfect quote from the Brothers Karamazov) when I took on "White Bear," but, while Jonathan usually lets me do it, there are (at least) three major points that Jonathan would really prefer to not bring up: religion, politics, and sexual abuse of children.

And, of course, it would be one thing if it was merely confined to a twist, but, by the 35-minute mark, I found myself saying: Just let it leak. I have not yelled this much at a Netflix show on my iPad since I re-watched "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" from the Twilight Zone (y'know, the one with the gold heist where the plan laying-low part makes zero sense whatsoever; not Rod Serling's finest hour). Simply put, if he just let it leak, he could simply call the cops and say "Excuse me, some wanker put a virus on my computer and rigged my webcam so it filmed me wanking without my consent, and it sent a copy to everyone I know. I know 16 is the age of consent in these parts, but I'm still technically a minor, so I think it's a good idea that you go after these guys who sexually exploited me without my consent." Of course, the twist ending explains this plot hole, but it's virtually impossible for me to bring it up without even bringing up this subject.

And, believe it or not, I even managed to talk about "The National Anthem" while mentioning the fact that the Prime Minister fucks a pig only once (and only as a direct quotation from the ransom video), although I sure as shit spent a lot of time dancing around actually saying the act more than once, and resisted the urge to bring up Waldo's obvious resemblance to the Trump campaign at all (though I did spend a paragraph comparing my understanding of the Waldo regime to my understanding of how the Third Reich was run before the war [See Ian Kershaw's "Working towards the Fuhrer" idea]). I don't think I can do this for "Shut Up and Dance."