Netflix has unveiled the list as well as the synopsis of the five episodes that will make up the sixth season of Black Mirror. One of them, called “Joan is Awful” will have the audacity to tackle head-on the excesses of streaming platforms. Rather funny given its distributor.
It took a long time to have any information about Black Mirror season 6 again. Announced about a year ago, the first trailer was finally unveiled a few months ago, before being followed by a long radio silence from Netflix. Finally this week, the streaming service revealed the names of the episodes that will make up this sixth season.
Here is the full list:
- Joan is Awful
- Loch Henry
- Beyond the Sea
- Mazey Day
- Demon 79
Here’s how Netflix will poke fun at itself with Black Mirror season 6
Beyond the fact that this season will have fewer episodes than the previous ones, fans have mainly lingered on the synopsis of the first of them, “Joan is Awful”. And for good reason: this one seems to directly attack streaming platforms and their content. To do this, the episode will rely on a scenario that is reminiscent of that of the Truman Show.
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Here is his summary: “The story of a normal woman who discovers that a global streaming platform has launched a TV show based on her life, in which she is played by Hollywood star Salma Hayek. » So it’s expected that the episode will also be very satirical towards reality TV shows, a segment that Netflix also successfully embarked on a few years ago.
We will of course have to wait to see the episode to get a real idea of the criticism of SVOD services, but it is clear that Netflix is already showing self-mockery about its own role in the landscape. global audiovisual. Besides, the rest of this season promises to be just as fascinating, with the usual dose of moral dilemmas, mysteries and tension.