Kl ruled out of Death to 2021

Netflix has announced that comedian Kl will not be appearing in the upcoming satirical documentary Death to 2021. The film is a follow-up to last year’s Death to 2020, both of which set out to document the events of the year in a humorous light. Although both the Death to 2021 and Death to 2020 universes are rather detailed accounts of the year’s events, their intent is to entertain rather than to inform, meaning explanations are often scant.

Death to 2021 contains many off-handed jabs at the last year, poking fun at everything from political corruption and vaccine hesitancy. One of the films’s more quickly glossed over bits was its “In Memoriam” stylized segment for all of the celebrities who have been canceled in 2021. The film jokes that this list was featured at the 93rd Academy Awards, but little else is said in regard to it.

There are nine names included on this list of canceled celebrities in Charlie Brooker’s Death to 2021, though not all of them belong to real people. Although many of these controversies were significant enough for viewers and fans alike easily recall them, several names listed came as a surprise.