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Film, US/UK, 2020 – out now
That old saying “comedy is tragedy plus time” makes the point that terrible things can become hilarious with a little bit of distance. Creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones (who also helmed Black Mirror) are hoping audiences don’t need much time to view the – for want of a better word – absurdities of 2020 in a humorous light, packing together a fast-paced recap of the year in the very witty and entertaining Death to 2020.
The presence of high-profile actors playing talking head experts (including Samuel L Jackson as a journalist, Lisa Kudrow as a Kayleigh McEnany-like rightwinger and Hugh Grant as a pompous historian) position the show in the genre of the mockumentary, delivering lots of LOL lines. But the many events it reflects on were sadly very real, making this a “stranger than fiction” true story wit