#Mazey Day

[vonlipvig]

no idea where these came from, but letterboxd has comic book posters up for the new black mirror episodes!

edit: the artwork is by butcher billy!

[fkmylif3]

[fanofspooky]

Black Mirror Season 6

[schibi12]

Oh how i missed that fucked up emptyness and numbness you get after watching a Black Mirror episode

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Lol I saw someone say that Mazey Day had no message. YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT?? ABOUT THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE?? IN A POST PRINCESS DIANA'S DEATH WORLD? POST THE FREE BRITTANY MOVEMENT?

Even ignoring the paparazzi are demons and turning celebrities into objects to be objectified and commodified (which is a very common Black Mirror concept) is bad message, there is the more general throughline of the season that I think Mazey Day was heavy handed on.

Pairing the paparazzi commentary and the true crime commentary from Loch Henry, it's hard not to see what we are repeatedly told. They tell us directly several times that bad things sell more than positive things. Mazey Day was that times 1000, and planted into a supernatural take on our world (the spectacle of Mazey's transformation made worse by the paparazzi interference, honestly not a bad twist for such a message). The through line of bad things being of higher value was VERY strong this season. The direct question from the interviewer; why is Joan is Awful called Joan is Awful, why so negative? And the fake Netflix producer answers; because people find good things less believable, and negative shows make them transfixed in horror. Pia says to Davis in Loch Henry, the question is how could someone do something this awful? How could something like this happen? People have to watch to try to figure it out. She can't stop watching the tape of Davis' parents torturing their victims even when stopping earlier could have potentially saved her life. Mazey Day is the same concept, but more direct. Hector says several times how much a shot would be worth, and the prices get higher and higher depending on how horrific the situation is. And in the end, even after acting like she cared and was different than all the other paparazzi, Bo still takes the shot of Mazey as she kills herself. Even Mazey seems to accept this is what has to be done in her final moments.

I understand why people are having an aversion to the supernatural twist, although I personally really enjoyed it as like I said, it ratchets up the impact of the message. We get to see in gory glory the ruin these people have on Mazey's life, right away, whereas in real life it takes years of damage. Even Bo, who thought she was helping, doesn't know Mazey or her situation, which is instantly proven to us. Her interference resulted in all of the deaths that followed, and ultimately Mazey's. The "crackpot holistic medicine" doctor might have been able to help her. He had instilled some hope, saying they would take it one day at a time. If they had all left Mazey alone, this might have been able to happen.

[ex0rin]

Danny Ramirez | Black Mirror s06e04: Mazey Day

[deliciouspirateangel]

My favorite part of watching Black Mirror is being totally blown away and thinking they’ve outdone themselves again just to try and see what other people thought and seeing nothing but how the new season blows and every new episode sucks and the show hasn’t been good since s2 but theyll keep watching ad infinitum just to make sure it keeps sucking 🫥

[pascow]

Zazie Beetz as Bo in BLACK MIRROR 06.04: Mazey Day dir. Uta Briesewitz

[jellybelle]

[sam-crevellari]

I know that there’s a lot of controversy surrounding Mazey Day but what I got from it is that even if the supernatural was real, paparazzi would STILL be the worst kind of monster ever

[gallifrey-grindelwald]

Black mirror s6 overview

Joan is Awful Social matter: deepfake, AI, privacy rights, anxiety inducing/anxiety-driven media Trigger warning: paranoia triggering Overall: Very important and relevant subject + pointing out the problem of legislation not catching up with technical development

Loch Henry Social matter: true crime popularity Trigger warnings: suicide, torture, abduction, rape Overall: This ep destroys true crime fandom's unmoral approach to the real events. Very important topic in desensitization era

Beyond the Sea Social matter: experiments on humans, extremist groups Trigger warnings: murder, blood Overall: This ep deals mostly with trauma, also questions the human condition in space

Mazey Day Social matter: paparazzi, celebrities culture Trigger warnings: epilepsy inducing, blood Overall: Elements of supernatural should be treated as a metaphor. Interesting take on morality, namely rationalizations and disrespect of other human beings

Demon 79 Social matter: racism, vigilance Trigger warnings: murder, blood, rape, pedophilia Overall: Not sure about this one, doesn't fit the usual formula, there's more to analyse here and seems like interpretations vary

[mag200]

people are mad about the black mirror werewolf episode? on tumblr?? the monsterfucker web site??????

[fkmylif3]

[jennifersminds]

season 6 of black mirror is serving some major existential cunt rn

[differentone001]

[justalitlecreacher]

People asking why the werewolf in “Mazey Day” don’t get that the werewolf was half of the message

The paparazzi hunted her like an animal but she’s the monster when she fights back