“Death to 2020,” a British mockumentary from the creators of “Black Mirror,” revisits every monumental event to have happened over the past year in an attempt to put it at rest as the title suggests. Despite having left much to be desired, the film’s quirky tone and lack of solemnity provides for some casual viewing if that’s what 2020 should amount to in history books in some way.
In the 70-minute Netflix original, Samuel Jackson and several other B-list celebrities are casted as an assorted troupe of false lead
Review: Death to 2020 Netflix Comedy Special
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Review of Charlie Brooker s end-of-year round-up for Netflix
It fast became a cliché to say that the spiralling dystopia of 2020 was like an out-of-control episode of Black Mirror. So it was probably inevitable that Charlie Brooker would be called upon to offer a satirical summary of the momentously awful 12 months, especially given his track record with the Wipe series for the BBC.
The result is a wry, often bleakly amusing look at the year, albeit without the astringent personal bite Brooker normally brings to his year-end round-ups.
Death To 2020 boasts an 18-strong writing team – providing welcome credits for a lot of up-and-coming but gig-starved British comedians – who have peened they’ve penned some spot-on jokes, from fire being described as ‘angry radicalised air’ to a caption describing Buckingham Palace as ‘as seen on the Netflix Original series The Crown’. But it feels like a writers’ room project, missing Brooker’s strong sense of distinctive auth
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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.
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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.
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