Green Book's Peter Farrelly is making a "suicide comedy" for Quibi, so that'll be fun
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Peter Farrelly’s Oscar-winning Green Book was a thoughtful and powerful exploration of race in America, telling the story of a legendary Black musician traveling through the South from the extremely unique and valuable perspective of an Italian man who can eat a whole pizza by folding it up like a sandwich. Now, Farrelly seems to be taking his newfound mastery of social issues over to poorly named streaming service Quibi with a “suicide comedy” called The Now. (As we’ve pointed out before, Quibi’s dumb name is short for “quick bites of content,” and it’s going to be targeted toward short-form videos.) According to a press release, The Now is: