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Doomteenth
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Styled like a disaster-preparedness bulletin, a grave spokesperson treats brand tie-ins for Juneteenth as a national emergency. She walks viewers through four survival steps for the holiday, touring empty stores, offices, car lots and a backyard cookout while a parade of absurd retail and restaurant promotions pops up around her. Each tone-deaf slogan turns American slavery and emancipation into a sales pitch, and she urges the audience to resist the discounts, keep celebrating with their own families, and report offending companies to the internet.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 1
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
These corporations are putting raisins in your ancestors' potato salad.
Report Juneteenth violations to the official tip line. Black Twitter.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Bridget Stokes
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Doomteenth opens the fourth-season finale, which became the series’ final episode, and features Angel Laketa Moore, one of three featured players added that season.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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