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"Shut Up and Dance" delves into the dark depths of technology-driven cyberbullying and blackmail. Kenny's seemingly innocent facade in the Black Mirror episode reveals a disturbing truth about his sexuality. The twist in "Shut Up and Dance" highlights the consequences of repressed secrets and denial.

Black Mirror is an anthology sci-fi series that depicts various dystopian scenarios often involving technological advances. More specifically, each episode examines the negative impact technology can have on a person's life. The premise of Black Mirror allows for some episodes to lean heavily into the sci-fi genre to tell these stories of technology and humanity. Others are less reliant on the flashier trappings of the genre.

The Black Mirror Season 3 episode "Shut Up and Dance" isn't a sci-fi story, but still explores technology as a tool and its storyline is more reflective of the technology that...

There is a curious sense of ownership from forty-somethings over the cast of shows that were big when they were kids. Here in the UK the late ’80s and early ’90s were awash with the antipodean soap suds of Neighbours and Home and Away. After school we cornered the TV and watched on in eager anticipation as our onscreen heroes grew up with us. As our heroes left the soaps, many scored a well worn groove by leaping to Top of the Pops stardom along with the occasional phone in on the Saturday morning shows. For Guy Pearce however, the end of his three year stint on Neighbours pointed to a very different fate for the actor.

In all Pearce appeared in just four shy of 500 episodes, and like many headlining soap stars of the day there was little doubt he’d crop up again somewhere in the future. Thankfully...