Hang the DJ story
"Hang the DJ" is the fourth episode of the fourth series of the British anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Tim Van Patten. The episode first aired on Netflix, along with the rest of series four, on 29 December 2017. Directed by: Tim Van Patten. Story by: Charlie Brooker.
11 total · 6 choice · 4 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| forbidden love | choice | Amy and Frank fell deeply in love but they were paired up with other people by the AI match-maker, and there was a man with a taser, but in the end the went together. |
| looking for a lover | choice | Amy and Frank were looking for love using the AI match-maker. |
| matchmaking technology | choice | There was a device that ran AI algorithms in order to pair people up for dating. |
| romantic relationship | choice | Amy and Frank fell in love after being matched by their match-maker AI. |
| speculative virtual reality | choice | The walled-off society inhabited by Amy and Frank turned out to be an elaborately simulated reality. |
| virtual person | choice | It turned out that Amy and Frank were both simulated beings in an elaborately simulated reality. |
| love at first sight | major | Amy and Frank fell in love straight away. |
| machine regulated society | major | Amy and Frank lived in a walled-off society where people were required to be matched by AI algorithms into romantic relationships. |
| romantic courtship | major | Various stereotypes associated with dating were explored. |
| the universe is a simulation | major | We were made to think that the world we saw was real but then learn it's an elaborate simulation. |