Non-P, but re: professional critics

[Mark Thibodeau]

Charlie Brooker's
Game Wipe
Screen Wipe
Weekly Wipe
Antiviral Wipe
Etc, etc, etc...

https://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/group/charlie_brookers_wipes/




On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 3:11 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> BTW,
>
> I’ve mostly disliked Black Mirror, as well as the New Twilight Zone (only
> barely watched it). WTF is “Wipe?”
>
> DM
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:33 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This show was hilarious.  I loved it.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 1:45 AM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The critics can go fuck themselves, man. Charlie Brooker's The Death of
>>> 2020 on Netflix, while rarely living up to the genius of his best (i.e.
>>> earliest) "Wipe" specials or Black Mirror episodes, is a more than
>>> serviceable little end of the year light-weight comedy confection, with
>>> just enough bite to maintain one's attention, and just enough Easter Eggs
>>> and barely hidden delights among the details to please fans of the
>>> smarty-pants, know-it-all comedic tradition from which it hails.
>>>
>>> Is it a work of staggering genius? No. But not everything can be Nathan
>>> Barley, or the handful of undeniably magnificent Black Mirror episodes
>>> extant.
>>>
>>> I almost avoided it because of the critics' near unanimous assaults.
>>> Don't
>>> make that mistake. The Death of 2020 is well worth your time.
>>> --
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>>>
>>