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Joe Lycett vs Sewage review: Comedian’s trademark mixture of silliness and righteous anger is powerful

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“Have you seen Baz Luhrmann’s ?” asks , as he makes awkward eye contact with a scientist through a murky brown tank. This, well, crappy version of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes’s iconic meet-cute, where they first lock eyes through an aquarium, sets the tone for Lycett’s latest campaigning documentary, , in which the comedian tackles a subject that’s both very serious and really quite gross with chaotic humour.

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