black mirror season 4 episode 4 - hang the dj

Elinor 2022-04-19 09:02:29

The core of Hang the dj tells about a simulation used to determine and match the degree of compatibility of partners. The criterion for this simulation is also very interesting. He defines each pair of individuals who are not afraid of the high walls built by power and system and have the courage to climb over them as a matching success factor. Those who do not have the courage to resist are the failure factors. Therefore, the fundamental criterion of this system is: whether the love of two people has the courage to challenge the rules and systems, and finally face the unknown without leaving any way out. Taking such a "rebellious spirit" as the standard of love seems to me to be the redemption of human self-will. Reflected in the contemporary era, both power and institutions are building impenetrable walls to encircle us and force us to do things that go against our will and nature. A person may be weak in the face of a cruel and painful world, but we can find partners who are willing to rebel and climb the high wall with us. In this cruel atmosphere, we start to wake up, start to think, and start to pursue free will. Question these authoritative definitions of "good" and "bad" against these vain promises that "everything happens for a reason". Critical thinking that builds questioning on the soul ensures that our independent personality and spirit are not eroded. Man should be born free.

Hang the DJ's ending song, Panic, also comes from the smith, a British rock band with a rebellious spirit in the 1980s. They were under Margaret Thatcher's regime at the time, devastated by Margaret Thatcher's iron-fisted policies. In this social context, they pinned their rebellious spirit in these lyrics. They were deeply influenced by the British band "sex pistols", and they even boldly released the album "the queen is dead", which pointed to the corruption and injustice of the British monarchy. The episode comes to a close with a slam of "hang the DJ" lyrics. Maybe we should hang things in our lives that mean nothing to us, because in the song "the music they (DJ) constantly played means nothing to me". Rebelling against things that go against one's will is like hanging that DJ necessary.

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Extended Reading

USS Callister quotes

  • Robert Daly: I'm coming to get you!

  • Robert Daly: [Furiously patching through to Walton, who is fixing the engine manually from the jet fader] Walton, you're going to pay for this.

    Walton: Robert, listen.

    Robert Daly: I'm going to bring Tommy back in.

    Walton: Hey, Robert, listen...

    Robert Daly: God so help me, you are going to regret all of this SO HARD!

    Walton: Bob, I wanna talk to you here! I was thinking i should say... sorry.

    Robert Daly: [Beat] Go on.

    Walton: [Breathlessly as he fixes the engine] You created Infinity. You're a fucking genius. I exploited that. I treated you like the golden goose and I got fat off the profits, figuratively speaking. And I was thinking, I should have appreciated you more, you know? I should have treated you better. Yeah, yeah I was thinking I should say all that.

    [Beat]

    Walton: But then you threw my son out of an airlock, so... FUCK YOU TO DEATH.

    [Activates the engine which incinerates him]