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Jordan Peele's Star-Studded YouTube Series Is Like a Satirical Version of Black Mirror

Jan 14 2019 - 11:30am

Weird City might star all of your faves, but that doesn't make it any less . . . well . . . weird.

The satirical YouTube series comes from the minds of Jordan Peele [1] and former Key & Peele writer Charlie Sanders and is set in the not-too-distant, dystopian future city of Weird. The sprawling metropolis separates its citizens into two definitive sections, getting rid of the middle class entirely: Above the Line (the obscenely wealthy) and Below the Line (the lower class).

Although each of the bizarre, peculiar stories is connected by the mysterious Dr. Negari (LeVar Burton), a mad scientist type who presides over Weird, Weird City is an anthology that embarks on a new, uncomfortably relevant theme with each episode, such as social media addiction and online dating. The series hits YouTube Premium on Feb. 13 and stars Dylan O'Brien, Michael Cera [2], Awkwafina, Rosario Dawson [3], Gillian Jacobs, Ed O'Neill, Laverne Cox, Steven Yeun, and Mark Hamill, among many, many others. Watch the first trailer, above!


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