Non-P, but re: professional critics

[David Morris]

Are these available to stream?

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 10:14 AM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Charlie Brooker's
> Game Wipe
> Screen Wipe
> Weekly Wipe
> Antiviral Wipe
> Etc, etc, etc...
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> https://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/group/charlie_brookers_wipes/
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> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 3:11 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> BTW,
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>> I’ve mostly disliked Black Mirror, as well as the New Twilight Zone (only
>> barely watched it). WTF is “Wipe?”
>>
>> DM
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>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:33 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> This show was hilarious.  I loved it.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 1:45 AM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>