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It took approximately seven days for the naïve zeal for the new year to come to a halt. I scrolled through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram reading the same eagerness to leave the insanity of last year behind and transition into a year of prosperity.
When domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol, it became more than apparent that a new year is not the answer to our problems. I think I am shameless enough to say that… hindsight is 20:20.
However, our short-sightedness is not something that we can conveniently forget about and move on. Unfortunately, our arrogance is forever preserved on our screens: our tweets celebrating the end to the chaos, the Instagram posts waving goodbye to the endless turmoil.
When
Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones announced this month that they were releasing a Netflix mockumentary called
Death to 2020, most weren t entirely sure what to expect.
Is it too soon to be taking jabs at the events of 2020? After all, the past 12 months have seen enough calamities and tragedies to last the decade, and the year isn’t even fully elapsed yet. Most of us still need time to make sense of it all.
A year whose story couldn t be told until now . because it was still happening. Death to 2020, from the creators of Black Mirror. pic.twitter.com/0dLS3lq34a
Here’s more from TheWrap:
Of course, those big-name actors aren’t playing themselves, but rather versions of people who have become the “stars” of 2020: Jackson as Dash Bracket – Reporter, New Yorkerly News; Grant as Tennyson Foss – Professor of History; Nanjiani as Bark Multiverse – CEO, Shreekr; Ullman as Queen Elizabeth II – Monarch and Figurehead; Kayo as Pyrex Flask – Scientist; Kudrow as Jeanetta Grace Susan – Non-Official Spokesperson; Morgan as Gemma Nerrick – Average Citizen; Jones as Dr. Maggie Gravel – Behavioral Psychologist; Milioti as Kathy Flowers – Soccer Mom; and Keery as Duke Goolies – Gig Economy Millennial.
Watch the trailer above.
“
Death to 2020 features fictional characters discussing real events in a bombastic mockumentary, but quite a bit sillier than that makes it sound,” said Brooker in a statement.
As Charlie Brooker reveals more about the show
Netflix has released the trailer for Charlie Brooker’s Death To 2020 – and revealed that it will be released on December 27.
The clip starts with Samuel L. Jackson in his role as Dash Bracket, a reporter for New Yorkerly News, talking about the events of this movements year.
Samson Kayo as a scientist called Pyrex Flask, Lisa Kudrow as a ‘non-official spokesperson’ and Leslie Jones as Dr. Maggie Gravel a behavioural psychologist, The cast also includes Hugh Grant as history professor Tennyson Foss, Tracey Ullman as the Queen, below.
Diane Morgan, whose Philomena Cunk alter-ego originated on Brooker’s previous Wipe shows here plays Gemma Nerrick, described as ‘average citizen’, while Kumail Nanjiani plays Bark Multiverse the chief executive of a tech company.