January 6: The Most Deadliest Day (Babylon Bee)

January 6: The Most Deadliest Day is a satirical mockumentary by The Babylon Bee. The film humorously investigates the events of January 6, 2021, portraying it as the most catastrophic day in human history. The story follows a team of journalists as they track down the so-called dangerous criminals who stormed the Capitol, visit the sites of alleged mass casualties, and ask experts probing questions.

January 6: The Most Deadliest Day Review

Now comes one of the most challenging reviews of my short-lived career. How do I squeeze out a minimum of 300 words (the minimum number for Google to recognize an article as search-worthy) about what is essentially a ten-minute skit on steroids (110)?

Over the course of less than a decade, The Babylon Bee has become a barbican of satirical humor. As the Left has grown ever more severe and unfunny, attempting to censor anything they deem offensive or even slightly critical (looking at you, Governor Whitening Strips), the importance of their fearless lampooning can’t be overstated. For nothing shines the light of truth on a lie like humor – instantly dismantling it in a single guffaw (183).

January 6: The Most Deadliest Day represents some of the best that The Babylon Bee has to offer. By fully committing to the preposterous notion that the DNC media and Leftist politicians have been foisting upon us for three and a half years – that the January 6th riot was on a level with the worst human tragedies in modern history – but interposing the foolish punditry with satirical jibes and actual footage of the event, they hold a mirror to the popular Leftist narrative. Unfortunately for the AOCs of the world, looking back is a baboon’s ass (277).

Kyle Mann comfortably slips into the role of the mockumentary’s dimwitted narrator and host, giving what fans of The Babylon Bee’s past short-form videos will recognize as his signature performance as what I assume is more or less himself. Aided by J. Travis Woodside’s practiced beta cuck persona, the two serve dry jokes and delicious irony like Primanti Bros. serve sandwiches to political candidates who aren’t Republicans—often and slathered in coleslaw (349).

The film can get a little repetitive, with much of it toggling between Mann’s studio shots and his faux interviews with a handful of well-known conservative personalities. However, thanks to the clear vision and spirited directorial style of Mann and his co-director, Brandon Toy, the film’s momentum never lessens despite its somewhat cyclical nature (403).

Yet, what truly motors January 6 is The Babylon Bee’s hallmark wit because when it comes down to it, just as in stand-up, the only thing that matters with a mockumentary is whether or not it makes you laugh. Fortunately for everyone involved, The Most Deadliest Day is funny. It may not leave you filling your Depends throughout, but it will have you smiling from beginning to end (475 – now, I’m just showing off).

With all of the crap filtering its way to our television sets, January 6: The Most Deadliest Day is a refreshing way to spend an hour, and we are thrilled to mark it as Worth it (510 – at least 100 of which were meaningful).

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