While much of the world was eager to bid farewell to the year that brought the world to a standstill, a team of female comics decided to the best way to kick 2020 to the curb was to give the year its own funeral. Yearly Departed, a one-off Amazon comedy special sees a line-up of top comedians including Rachel Brosnahan, Tiffany Haddish, Natasha Rothwell, Patti Harrison, Natasha Leggero, Ziwe and Sarah Silverman put to bed an abysmal year with a series of eulogies that say goodbye to things such as casual sex, TV cops, Making America Great Again and pants.
Speaking at the Amazon panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV Documentary + Unscripted virtual event, head writer and executive producer Bess Kalb said the special was a great way for them to use comedy as catharsis to deal with an awful year.
“What you see on screen was us processing our darkest,...
Speaking at the Amazon panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV Documentary + Unscripted virtual event, head writer and executive producer Bess Kalb said the special was a great way for them to use comedy as catharsis to deal with an awful year.
“What you see on screen was us processing our darkest,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
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