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Symbolic Inversion In Joe Wright's Black Mirror

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When attempting to provide a detailed explanation of the term symbolic inversion, it is important to look at what society finds to be generally accepted as the norm or status quo. This term more specifically refers to a deviation from these norms, as well as behaviour, actions or beliefs that challenge them. This concept presents itself as a way to view the world and its current situation from an inverse or opposite position.

In relation to a film from the course material, we can see the theoretical application of symbolic inversion within Joe Wrights first episode of Black Mirror, “Nosedive.” This film in its totality represents a world so indulged with social media, the opinions of others and artificial app ratings, that the worlds functionality is dependent upon it. In this strange utopian society all individuals are fundamentally required to live their lives within the confines of this app and without conforming, one becomes an outcast of society. More specifically, we see the concept of symbolic inversion through a scene in the episode that involves a truck driver and the main …show more content…

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