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Black Mirror – Season 6, Episode 1 Joan Is Awful

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Black Mirror – Season 6, Episode 1

Joan Is Awful

Aired Jun 15, 2023

Sci-Fi

Drama

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An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has launched a prestige TV drama adaptation of her life — in which she is portrayed by Hollywood A-lister Salma Hayek Pinault.

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

06/21/2023

Season 6 is inconsistent, but "Joan Is Awful" is an exception because it does what a Black Mirror episode is supposed to do. Which is to say, it's hilarious, horrifying and left off-center enough from 2023's actuality to be off-putting.

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Nick Hilton

Independent (UK)

06/17/2023

4/5

Irreverent, scatological, and nightmarishly claustrophobic, “Joan is Awful” is an excellent instalment in Black Mirror’s catalogue of Orwellian farces.

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Laura Babiak

Observer

06/16/2023

Ultimately, the episode works on quite a few meta-levels, dealing with the sanctity of cinema in an industry rife with AI and algorithms.

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Daniel Chin

The Ringer

07/18/2023

...multiple layers of irony to what is already a deeply meta episode...

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Steve Murray

ArtsATL

07/14/2023

Back for a sixth season after a four-year hiatus, the 2011 series Black Mirror returns with its creative wit and trend-predicting skills intact.

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Vera Wylde

Council of Geeks

06/28/2023

This episode is not awful. It finds a nice continued depth as it keeps going.

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Synopsis

An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has launched a prestige TV drama adaptation of her life — in which she is portrayed by Hollywood A-lister Salma Hayek Pinault.

Director: Ally Pankiw
Creator: Charlie Brooker
Executive Producer: Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, Jessica Rhoades
Screenwriter: Charlie Brooker
Network: Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jun 15, 2023

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