Black mirror It’s one of those shows that you can’t stop watching, even if you’ve done it hundreds of times already, something like the songs from Britney Spears. The fiction was released in 2011 when social networks were not what they are today, but in a way its creator, Charlie Brooker He knew what was going to happen. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok changed in a transversal way the way in which people relate to each other and even how they consume audiovisual content, if we also speak of the streaming industry, where they enter Netflix Yes Spotify, for example.
The truth is that the series originally aired for Canal 4 UK has become a phenomenon that even social science academics have set out to analyze. Brooker’s proposal was original. Very short seasons with episodes that tell a story as tragic as it is captivating, more or less linked to technology. Thus, the anthology series caught the attention of Netflix, which began producing its own chapters for seasons 3, 4, and 5 as well as an interactive special.
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What is the ratio now of Black mirror with Britney Spears? In the last hours, the pop princess hit the headlines because she offered to testify in American justice to demand the final dissolution of her guardianship by her father, Jamie throws, since 2008. The 39-year-old singer has long written about how it is the stormy life she has led for years, in which she is prevented from making her own decisions or using the fortune she has. herself won with her talent.
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“I want to get my life back, I’ve been working since I was 17. Right now, I can’t sleep, and I’m not happy. I want to have a child, get married and they won’t leave me. I can’t go anywhere or meet anyone else. it’s in an office. I feel intimidated and alone. I have the right to use my voice.said the Mississippi-born artist.
His statement was accompanied, at all times, by fans from different parts of the world than with the hashtag #FreeBritney They managed to make the singer’s tragic situation more interesting and visible.
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Return to Black mirror. One of the episodes titled Rachel, Jack and Ashley too There is a certain parallelism with everything Britney has been through. In fact, in 2019, when Season 5 was released, there was talk that Brooker could have taken inspiration from the singer’s life to create this story.
Black Mirror’s connection to the life of Britney Spears
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Rachel, Jack and Ashley too tells the story of a teenage girl who becomes obsessed with her favorite singer Ashley’s smart doll without knowing that the real artist is going through a period of her life. Protagonized by Miley Cyrus, the chapter proposes to demystify the routine that pop idols carry and show the cruelty in which we can see them immersed, especially if they started their careers at a young age, as is the case with Britney Spears.
The episode takes a look at the other side of stardom and how those people who seem to be your friends or family are overshadowed by the money leaving out the artist’s feelings, as if they were just a cash machine. Likewise, it attracts the attention of fans and the general public, who often, through social media, can feel overwhelmed by the photographs of their idols, idealizing a life that is not always what it seems. .
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This is undoubtedly a very similar case to Britney’s. A young artist who started working at the age of 13, earning today’s fortune, she barely owns it. Music at this level seems to take hold of the human being until he is helpless and only treats him like a business.
In this sense, the tragic road traveled by Amy Winehouse it also has a certain resemblance. Indeed, we learn that his father forces him to go on stage in a deplorable state. The list of artists who’ve been there is long, but Brooker certainly didn’t have a better idea than to get us thinking with an episode, which may not live up to the standards of the first chapters, but which puts on the table a current theme of the one that few dare to speak.
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