Brooker is better at comedy anyway.
He wrote all the Philomena Cunk specials, as she started as a side character on Newswipe. She and Barry Shitpeas were regularly interviewed as “Man on the Street” type caricatures for Newswipe. Cunk was so popular she got her own Moments of Wonder series, and then eventually spawned the “Cunk on…” Series of films and shows.
The end of One Million Merits has Daniel Kaluuya essentially doing a Charlie Brooker on Newswipe impression, while holding the shard to his throat. A nice little callout to how Brooker feels about his own career.
Also, Brooker’s A Touch of Cloth is a fucking riot, too. Some of the best puns you can ask for.
I’d take more Newswipe or any of the various Wipes over Black Mirror at this point, but that’s just me.
Also Severance is already running out of steam. Season 2 didn’t measure up to season 1, in my personal opinion.
fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
While we’re sharing our boundaries, I don’t want to hear comparisons between the relative basketball skills of myself and Nikola Jokic. Thank you.