Charlie Brooker Quotes about Writing

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.

Writing, Comedy, Backgrounds

"'Black Mirror' Creator Dramatizes Our Worst Nightmares About Technology". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 20, 2016.

In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror.

Charlie Brooker

Writing, Mirrors, Black

"The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

"National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that - and then I watched an episode of 24. In my head, I was writing almost a parody of a 24-style president woken in the middle of the night with a crisis. It seemed more interesting to play it ultrastraight and to have the viewer's initial reaction be one of laughter and disbelief - and just have the whole thing become progressively more uncomfortable.

Charlie Brooker

Laughter, Writing, Night

"The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

What is useful about when there is a sort of pull-out to reveal moment going on is that it actually focuses the mind when you're writing the earlier scenes because you're thinking 'right, how do I? I can only show this amount of the room... I can only show these characters from the waist up because they've all got robot legs!' it's a challenge so it keeps you engaged on some level.

Charlie Brooker

Character, Writing, Thinking

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