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black mirror, ('heaven is a place on earth' plays in Tuckers bar…
black mirror
Netflix marketing
released a range of teasers for the series including postmodern mash up trailer using clips from 'friends' the one where ross invents san juniper as well as 'orange is the new black mirror ;crossover
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representations of kelly
depicted in lots of group shots confdent body language, dancing.
her outifts, hair and makeup suggest she is glamorous and confident and represent her as desirebale
shot reverse creates binary opposition to yorkie which is also achieved by the mise-en-scene to emphasis their differneces
kelly is approached by many people which represents her as attractive she said she 'doesn't do feeling to wes which connotes indolence hower=ver her character evolves and marries yorkie
genre
black mirror is postmodern sci-fi anthology series - subgenera of 'speculative. fiction' and dystopia
set episode sci-fi romance hybrid genre - close up two shots, non- heteronormative subverts romance genre expectations, sci-fi more 'soft sci' time travel
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representations of men
wes regally harrassedkelly which reflects the issue of toxic masculinity and how women are subject to unwanted attention
men are represented as far less important than women and may reflect modern production as well as to apeal to a female audience
representations of women
shown as caring,emotional ,nurturing, romantic, which are fairly conventional/ stereotypical.
however also representented as angry and indipendent which is less comventional
diverse and complex rather than one dimentional. a female lead episode is unusual compared to previous black mirror episodes which were much more heavily focused on male characters
however episode suggests women's lives revolve around love
costume
kelly seen as 'popular girl' archetype ; bold outfit, makeup, jewllery. intersexual reference to Janet Jackson 'control era' and prince purple jacket + confidence
juxtaposes yorkie 'geek archetype' = glasses symbolic as she dissent need them to see but gives her control over her old life which she didn't have (closeted), short hair,plain outfit
use of colour
bisexual lighting in tuckers bar (purple, pink,blue) to represent sexuality as diverse and romantic
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- 'girlfriend in a coma' the smiths and 'living in a box' act as clues for viewers
- 'don't you forget about me' 80s mixtape, reference 'breakfast club' makeover as she is trying on clothes
- 'cant get you out of my head' yorkie finds kelly in 2002
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