Death to 2021
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- Jack Clough
- Josh Ruben
- Annabel Jones
- Ben Caudell
- Nick Vaughan-Smith
- Hazel Rose
- Simon Winkler
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| Written by | Ben Caudell |
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| Narrated by | Laurence Fishburne |
Production companies | Broke and Bones |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Death to 2021 is a 2021 mockumentary produced by Netflix. A sequel to Death to 2020, the special features a series of fictional characters discussing US news in 2021, including the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine misinformation and Big Tech.
Credits adapted from Radio Times.[1]
- Hugh Grant as Tennyson Foss, a right-wing historian
- Joe Keery as Duke Goolies, a social media influencer
- William Jackson Harper as Zero Fournine, a social media company CEO
- Lucy Liu as Snook Austin, a journalist
- Tracey Ullman as Madison Madison, a far-right conspiracy theorist news anchor
- Samson Kayo as Pyrex Flask, a scientist researching SARS-CoV-2
- Stockard Channing as Penn Parker, a journalist
- Cristin Milioti as Kathy Flowers, a mother who supports Donald Trump and believes conspiracy theories
- Diane Morgan as Gemma Nerrick, a member of the public
Production
Death to 2021 is a sequel to Death to 2020, both productions of Broke and Bones—a company founded by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, best-known for their work on science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It followed several years of Weekly Wipe specials, hosted by Brooker, that humorously recapped news events from the year.[2][3][4][5] Death to 2020 received negative critical reception.[6]
For the 2021 special, Brooker had a reduced role—a Netflix spokesperson told British Comedy Guide that he was working on other productions for the streaming service.[7][8] A number of cast from 2020 returned, but others—for example, Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing and William Jackson Harper—debuted in 2021.[9][10] Ullman plays a different character to the 2020 special—an American news anchor, rather than the Queen.[11]
