Do you sometimes feel like your life is somewhat dystopian? What if we actually went and amped it up a bit more? Here’s how “Black Mirror” would play out on the streets of Lebanon.
Episode 1: Dollar Duel
– We live in a world where the Lebanese Lira has depreciated by 1000%, and the dollar rules. – To survive these harsh circumstances, ten gladiators are thrown into the Camile Chamoun City Sportive to fight it out for a huge dollar prize. – Contestants have to navigate a large maze of different tasks, going from level to level till they reach the final battle and defeat their remaining opponents. – Winner gets $1,000,000. Losers have to work in BdL’s accounting office forever. – Starring Stephanie Saliba.
Episode 2: Beirut Blues
– The year is 2053, Beirut has been wiped out many times and was finally rebuilt as a perfect golden capsule of Beirut’s golden 60s. – The human population that remains in Beirut was adopted by Intra 2100 Corporation, and had chips inserted into their brains to become the perfect NPCs in the new version of Beirut. – One hero gains sentience as she is being physically abused by a drunk customer, and murders him, launching the great Beirut Botvolution. – Starring Nadine Nassib Njeim.
Episode 3: Red Raspberries
– In 2028 Beirut, babies are borne, but never born. – Taken from their mothers at birth, these children are locked forever in a large building in central Beirut called Al-3ayn. – Their lifeforce is sucked through the building’s walls and transmitted to feed the power of the Eternal Speaker. – Only one man can save them… – Starring Hicham Haddad.
Episode 4: Pigs at Parliament
– Lebanon has not had a president in 10 years, instead a new ruling council of non-sectarian pigs has been elected to lead the country. – The pig parliament quickly declares a dictatorship of pigleteriat and imposes martial law on the country. – Quickly, pig law becomes dominant, and everyone falls in line under the new pigriarchy. – A married couple, forced to procreate in front of the pig council daily, finally decide to rebel. – Starring Myriam Klink and Adel Karam.
Episode 5: 30 Minutes
– It is 2180, Lebanon is no longer a country. Instead, Lebanon now exists a single vertical line, operated by Cedar Corp. – The top of this line is a mountain, and at the bottom, the new elevated shore line. – Human beings are born on the line, and die in the line, their bodies forced to permanently ski and swim to feed the new kinetic energy production system. – Humans on the line only get 30 minutes of sleep per day, forced to ski for 11 hours and a half, and swim for 11 hours and a half. – One day, an explosion was heard. – Starring Georges Khabbaz
