{"id":61228,"date":"2022-01-02T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61228"},"modified":"2022-01-02T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T13:00:35","slug":"dont-look-up-part-1-climate-movie-is-kryptonite-to-the-super-villains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61228","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d (part 1) \u2013 climate movie is kryptonite to the super villains"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d (part 1) \u2013 climate movie is kryptonite to the super villains<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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You know a satirical movie has hit its target when the\u00a0mainstream reviewers call it \u201cshrill\u201d and \u201coverblown.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what\u2019s happened to the brash comedy \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d which was released on Netflix the day before Christmas. Most of the mainstream reviewers panned it.\u00a0 Audiences disagreed \u2013 the movie promptly jumped to the top of Netflix\u2019s most-watched list in 89 countries.<\/p>\n

As one site said<\/a>, \u201cgeneral audiences don\u2019t give a rat\u2019s ass about what the critics think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like the earlier political\u00a0 comedies \u201cNetwork\u201d and \u201cDr. Strangelove,\u201d the movie is a cry of frustration. We\u00a0know<\/strong>\u00a0bad things are in store. We\u00a0know<\/strong>\u00a0we\u2019re being lied to by politicians, the media, the sociopathic billionaires.<\/p>\n

But what can we do?\u00a0 We write earnest articles, we protest, we try to understand different points of view.<\/p>\n

For years we do this, and the machine rolls on. Sometimes we just need to rear back and laugh at all the jackassery.<\/p>\n

Peter Kalmus tweets:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

As a climate scientist, I live in #DontLookUp every fucking day<\/p>\n

I felt seen<\/p>\n

\u2026 it\u2019s satire but it\u2019s also damn accurate \u2026 we need more climate storytelling like this<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s ironic is that the movie doesn\u2019t mention climate at all. Instead a comet is discovered hurtling towards earth. It\u2019s a planet killer which will send tidal waves a mile high in all directions.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think that the imminent catastrophe would set off screaming headlines and a lightning response from world governments.<\/p>\n

If you think that, silly you!\u00a0 You haven\u2019t been paying attention to our dysfunctional response to:<\/p>\n