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Mark Critch mocks Matt Walsh on This Hour Has 22 Minutes over Netflix hit Below
A Newfoundlander on a Canadian satire show answered two U.S. podcasters who disliked the Newfoundland-set thriller Below, which is now Netflix's most-watched English title.
The Tuesday takedown
Mark Critch mocked two right-wing U.S. podcasters who had gripes about the Newfoundland-set Netflix thriller Below. [1] If you watch Canadian satire, the target of Tuesday's segment will matter to you. [1]
Critch went after Matt Walsh on Tuesday's episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. [1] Critch is a Newfoundlander, and he answered in an accent, joked that he should quit his job and called Walsh an arsehole. [1][2]
What Walsh said about Newfoundland
Walsh said the show's Newfoundland accents are the ugliest of all time. [1] In a recent YouTube video, he mispronounced the name Newfoundland and said anyone with the accent should not speak on camera. [1]
The week before, Walsh posted a 32-minute video that walked through the entire plot of Below. [1] He offered it as an example of woke slop. [1] He also quipped that the show's menacing sea monster was simply a misunderstood single mom and a feminist icon. [1]
Critch's reply on gender
Critch said Walsh does not hate Newfoundlanders but hates women. [1] Last year, Walsh appeared in a Tucker Carlson Show video arguing that feminism is the most destructive ideology in human history. [1]
Ben Shapiro gets roasted too
Critch also roasted U.S. commentator Ben Shapiro. [1] Shapiro recently said in a video that Below is go-woke slop, partly because of its messaging on climate change. [1]
Who is Critch, and what is Below?
Critch has been on the satire news show This Hour Has 22 Minutes since 2003. [1] He is much-loved there for his pouty-lipped impersonation of U.S. President Donald Trump. [1] He also co-created and stars in the award-winning comedy Son of a Critch, which is about his childhood in St. John's. [1]
Below stars Josh Hartnett as a fisherman whose Newfoundland town is attacked by a gnarly sea creature. [1] It was shot in eastern Newfoundland. [1]
The numbers behind the fuss
Netflix says Below drew 17 million views in its first week, which makes it the streaming platform's most-viewed Canadian debut. [2] As of the week before the article, Below was Netflix's most-watched English title. [1] As of Oct. 25, it held that spot across the globe. [2]
What this means for you
If you watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Tuesday's episode is where Critch mocked Walsh. [1] If you want to judge the accents Walsh disliked, Below is on Netflix, where it was the most-watched English title as of Oct. 25. [1][2]
If you want to see the plot Walsh criticized, his 32-minute video from the week before walks through all of it. [1] Shapiro's video, which called Below go-woke slop partly over climate change messaging, is the other complaint Critch roasted. [1]
Sources
- Mark Critch mocks U.S. podcasters over their gripes about Newfoundland-set 'Below' — ca.finance.yahoo.com
- Mark Critch mocks U.S. podcasters over their gripes about Newfoundland-set ‘Below’ — medicinehatnews.com
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