--- title: "Fake Ad For “Black Mirror Season 6” Is Just an Actual Mirror" description: "Creative school Brother created a fake Black Mirror season 6 advertisement that suggests the world has become just as dystopian as the show." date: "2020-06-04" modified: "2020-06-17" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/fake-ad-black-mirror-season-6-iactual-mirror" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "advertising" - "black mirror" - "spain" - "the digest" --- # Fake Ad For “Black Mirror Season 6” Is Just an Actual Mirror ![Creative school Brother created a fake advertisement for Netflix show "Black Mirror" that in reality is just an actual mirror fixed to a bus canopy.]() *\Image: Twitter\* ## Black Mirror IRL Madrid-based creative school Brother [has created]() a fake advertisement for Netflix show "Black Mirror" — except that in a dark reflection of our tumultuous historical moment, it's just an actual mirror fixed to a bus canopy, suggesting that the real world has become as fraught as the dystopian show. The stunt quickly went viral, with hundreds of thousands sharing images of the ad. https://twitter.com/Juanma_Toribio/status/1267507582119432196 ## Too Real While the fake ad announced a sixth season of the controversial dystopian TV show — and with such conviction it [fooled]() many on social media — creator Charlie Brooker [told UK media]() last month that a sixth season is not actually in the works. And for a pertinent reason. "At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those," Brooker [told *Radio Times*](). "I’m sort of keen to revisit my comic skill set, so I’ve been writing scripts aimed at making myself laugh." ## Great Disappointment Some onlookers were dismayed that the advertisement was fake, suggesting that living out a season of "Black Mirror" may just be more palatable than experiencing the nightmare that 2020 turned out to be. "This would actually be oddly reassuring if it were true," one Twitter user [wrote]() in response to the fake ad. "Why is this season so long?" another [wrote](). **READ MORE:** [this speculative ad says black mirror's season 6 has been released - it's reality]() \[*Designboom*\] **More on "Black Mirror":** *[“BLACK MIRROR” CREATOR: WORLD TOO STRESSED OUT FOR NEW EPISODES]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()