Episode #2.6
- Episode aired Feb 13, 2014
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7.3/10
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Clip show. Some new stuff but not worth your time if you watched the other episodes.Clip show. Some new stuff but not worth your time if you watched the other episodes.Clip show. Some new stuff but not worth your time if you watched the other episodes.
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Season 2: Improves on first season while keeping the core strengths of sharply acerbic observation
The first season of Brooker's Weekly Wipe was as good as I knew it would be since I generally find his comedy and phrasing to be very entertaining and sharp. It did have some segments that didn't work as well as others though, and it did have some strengths that I wanted more of. The second season fortunately sees some of the weaker aspects dropped (eg the panel section) and a handful of other changes brought in which generally work. The format remains the same so we have Brooker in his usual front room as he talks over and around aspects of the news, television, adverts and general popular culture that have occurred that week.
The show is broken down into sections so he is not the whole show, even if the whole show is essentially in his image. In terms of retaining the shows' strengths, Doug Stanhope remains in his sections where he is wonderfully bitter and vitriolic about whatever his subject is – he is very funny. We have Barry S***peas and Philomena Cunk return and as usual their talking head contributions are brilliant as they miss the point of the shows and criticise them while they dumbly praise them. This section is expanded as Cunk gets her own section called Moments of Wonder. There is maybe one of these that is a little weaker than the others but generally they are very funny and it had me from the line "what is clocks". The 90-second version of popular shows done by Jake Yapp are very good and to me the only section that really didn't work was Limmy as it seemed a bit awkward and didn't really fit with the tone of the show for me.
The only complaint is that yet again it is a very short season and that just as it starts it is gone. I know he works on other projects (such as the really good Black Mirror) but it would be good to see a slightly longer run, or more "one-offs" like those done at new year and the like; however I am still grateful for this show no matter how short because it is consistently cruelly funny and very well delivered with comedy as black as night and as sharp as a knife.
The show is broken down into sections so he is not the whole show, even if the whole show is essentially in his image. In terms of retaining the shows' strengths, Doug Stanhope remains in his sections where he is wonderfully bitter and vitriolic about whatever his subject is – he is very funny. We have Barry S***peas and Philomena Cunk return and as usual their talking head contributions are brilliant as they miss the point of the shows and criticise them while they dumbly praise them. This section is expanded as Cunk gets her own section called Moments of Wonder. There is maybe one of these that is a little weaker than the others but generally they are very funny and it had me from the line "what is clocks". The 90-second version of popular shows done by Jake Yapp are very good and to me the only section that really didn't work was Limmy as it seemed a bit awkward and didn't really fit with the tone of the show for me.
The only complaint is that yet again it is a very short season and that just as it starts it is gone. I know he works on other projects (such as the really good Black Mirror) but it would be good to see a slightly longer run, or more "one-offs" like those done at new year and the like; however I am still grateful for this show no matter how short because it is consistently cruelly funny and very well delivered with comedy as black as night and as sharp as a knife.
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