Non-P, but re: professional critics

Mark Thibodeau jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
Fri Jan 1 21:11:23 UTC 2021


A great many of them are on Youtube.

Just do a search for

Charlie Brooker Wipe

And pick your poison.

Cheers!
yer old pal Jerky

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 2:36 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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...
>>
>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>


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