Sarah Cooper, popular on YouTube for her brilliant lip-sync interpretations of Donald Trump's flights of blather, has been given a Netflix special of her own. It's a hit and miss affair, though I enjoyed it more and more as the show went on. I feel it's being misrepresented. Yes, Cooper is a comedian. And yes, Everything's Fine is, technically, a comedy. But it's not really a comedy. Because everything is not fine. That's the point.
Just before you watch this, first do a little mind-flip: Imagine to yourself that what you are about to watch is actually a dystopian nightmare, an episode of Black Mirror with more jokes and immediate relevancy to current situations. Everything Is Fine is really Sarah Cooper screaming as she tumbles down the spiralling hell-hole of 2020 and landing at the stroke of New Years Eve, 2021, only to find it's going to be more of the same, regardless of whatever might result from the imminent election.
It's still funny. But terrifying. And the pacing is more confusing than useful to tie it all together. But, hey, that's modern life for you.
Just before you watch this, first do a little mind-flip: Imagine to yourself that what you are about to watch is actually a dystopian nightmare, an episode of Black Mirror with more jokes and immediate relevancy to current situations. Everything Is Fine is really Sarah Cooper screaming as she tumbles down the spiralling hell-hole of 2020 and landing at the stroke of New Years Eve, 2021, only to find it's going to be more of the same, regardless of whatever might result from the imminent election.
It's still funny. But terrifying. And the pacing is more confusing than useful to tie it all together. But, hey, that's modern life for you.