Helen Mirren’s Billy Bush joins Sarah Cooper in bringing the Access Hollywood tape to life
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Sarah Cooper’s Netflix special, Everything’s Fine, goes out of its way to both give the people what they expect (that is, Trump lip-syncing) and to demonstrate that Cooper has more to offer than the gimmick that got her this break. (Yes, she speaks in her own voice, and yes, she is very funny.) But the centerpiece of the special is arguably Cooper’s inevitable, funny, viscerally upsetting recreation of the infamous Billy Bush Access Hollywood tape.
We’re going to embed it here, but really, watch the whole special (if only to see the end of the sketch). We called it “honest in its absurdity and appropriately apocalyptic” in our capsule review, and it’s a description that feels especially appropriate for this segment, which Netflix calls simply, “The Tape.” For assistance, Cooper turned, as one does, to Dame Helen Mirren.
Earlier this week, Cooper told Stephen Colbert about her experience filming the segment with Mirren, who apparently relished the chance to remind us all what pieces of shit these two men are. (One of those pieces of shit got elected President! What a world!) Anyway, here’s Dennis Perkins on Cooper’s appearance:
Noting that Mirren jumped at the chance to once more bring that odious, disqualifying-in-any-sane-society, caught-on-tape confession of cartoonishly evil premeditated serial sexual assault to the public’s attention, Cooper praised the 75-year-old thespian legend for not just knowing what TikTok is, but for fretting over just what to wear to approximate her lowly subject. Calling Mirren “the polar opposite of Billy Bush,” Cooper yet marveled at just how deeply a great actress will delve into even the shallowest puddle when it comes to her craft.
The sketch gets even more interesting when you’ve seen the whole special and fully enveloped yourself in the nightmare world Cooper and director Natasha Lyonne create. Watch it, if you feel like seeing the chaos in your brain reflected back at you.
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Like Billy Bush, Helen Mirren will get fired for this. Sad!
Will somebody that finds this funny please explain it to me?
I have enjoyed all of her lip syncing videos. This one…nope. Can’t laugh at how awful he and the people who support(ed) him are. Just don’t see the humor in this one.
I agree. I thought the special was great and very funny. This was the least funny part though. I’ve heard it too many times and it’s mean minded instead of the usual batshit crazy (person, woman, man, camera, TV). The towel snapping part was funny but that’s it. The rest of the special was fantastic and I hope Sarah Cooper branches out…
The most unrealistic part of Cooper’s imitation: she seems to know how a suit is supposed to fit.
(Also, I can’t be the only one getting “Drunk History” vibes from this, right?)
I found her videos entertaining but I’m kind of amazed she got so many celebrities in her first ever special. Is it an amazing manager? The fact that it is covid and actors have time on their hands? The fact that Trump is so shitty that everyone wants to pile on? I started watching the special last night and it was fun but it is just weird that there are just so very many celebrities in this program starring someone that no one had heard of a year or two ago.