# "Death to 2020" (Netflix mockumentary) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix\ **Created:** [January 1, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412 "2021-01-01T04:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/1 "2021-01-01T04:21:13Z")
Highly recommended! They have (among others) Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman, Lisa Kudrow, etc. satirizing prominent reporters and scientists, and the way big stories were covered this year. > **[Death to 2020 (TV Special 2020) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13567480/)** > > Death to 2020: Directed by Al Campbell, Alice Mathias. With Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani. Take a look back at the mad glory of the year 2020 in this comedic retrospective. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/2 "2021-01-01T14:15:42Z")
Wife and I watched it the other day. Had a few chuckles. I liked the description of fire: “an angry, radicalized form of air”. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/3 "2021-01-01T14:56:04Z")
I thought this was excellent. The actress playing the clueless Brit was outstanding, as was the one playing the Karen. Tracy Ullman made an excellent queen. All the Biden age jokes were hilarious. The jokes were coming so fast that I ended up turning on closed captions because I kept missing them. Lisa Kudrow nailed the Trump spokesperson part. Bravo all around! ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/4 "2021-01-01T18:09:44Z")
I found it had too many duds per chuckle. Couldn’t finish it. The whole feel was too “we’re all in on the joke”. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/5 "2021-01-01T21:02:37Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > The actress playing the clueless Brit was outstanding, She’s called Diane Morgan and she is a regular collaborater with Charlie Brooker. Check out her “Philomena Cunk: moments of wonder” on youtube. Comedy gold. [Here’s one to get you started.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvpbW7JRu0Q) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/6 "2021-01-01T21:55:05Z")
That’s excellent. Thanks for sharing it! ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/7 "2021-01-01T22:03:05Z")
You are more than welcome, something that instantly quotable needs a wider audience. > “what is clocks?” that’s a question we’ve all wondered about. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/8 "2021-01-01T22:11:20Z")
I just watched her COVID thing – she’s really brilliant! What kind of accent is that? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/9 "2021-01-01T22:12:32Z")
She’s from Bolton I believe, the Manchester area in the NW of England. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/10 "2021-01-01T22:13:29Z")
I thought this was pretty good, though really just like one of Charlie Brooker’s previous yearly round-ups, just with extra celebrities (who he can acquire now Black Mirror has raised his profile). And I did think it was a bit silly having Samuel L Jackson ‘playing’ a journalist - he was just being his usual screen persona. Whereas Hugh Grant’s crusty historian was probably my favourite. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/11 "2021-01-01T22:13:32Z")
Thanks again, except no thanks for the time drain as I watch more of her stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/12 "2021-01-01T22:37:00Z")
I didn’t recognize Hugh Grant until they rolled the credits! I did recognize Samuel L. Jackson right off the bat, because I knew his name isn’t really Dash Bracket. The scientist dubbed Pyrex Flask was a hoot too. “Got bat juice in his pee pee hole” - what is he, 7? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/13 "2021-01-04T18:00:32Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > The scientist dubbed Pyrex Flask was a hoot too. “Got bat juice in his pee pee hole” - what is he, 7? I particularly liked how he kept getting upset at the stock footage they were playing as he talked. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/14 "2021-01-06T11:28:20Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > Whereas Hugh Grant’s crusty historian was probably my favourite. Pretty much a straight impersonation of the awful ‘parody of his own self’ historian [David Starkey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhr81PLozxg). I loved Lisa Kudrow, nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/15 "2021-01-06T15:21:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I didn’t recognize Hugh Grant until they rolled the credits! Same here. Also amused by the scientist getting annoyed at the stock footage that was used. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412/16 "2021-01-08T09:53:27Z")
I watched the black Boris Johnson over and over, and laughed every time.