'Joan Is Awful': Explaining Mind-Melting 'Black Mirror' Episode
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The Season 6 premiere of Black Mirror is titled "Joan Is Awful" and centers around a woman named Joan.
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Joan discovers that a TV adaptation of her life, starring an AI-generated likeness of Salma Hayek Pinault, has appeared on a streaming platform called Streamberry.
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The episode reveals that there are multiple levels of reality within the show, with the "real" Joan being a different character than the one played by Annie Murphy.
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The Quamputer is a quantum computer that generates multiverses and creates CGI-generated Streamberry shows based on real users' lives.
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After the Quamputer is destroyed, the current Fictive Level is destroyed and everyone is shifted back into reality.
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Joan Is Awful" is described as the most overtly comical episode of Black Mirror, with a stacked cast of comedy actors.
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The ending of the episode can be interpreted in different ways, with themes of control and the consumption of women's images.
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There is a hidden post-credits scene featuring a church scene with the characters.
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