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Don't Look Up Reflects the Cynicism of Capitalist Decay, for Better and for Worse
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Don't Look Up Reflects the Cynicism of Capitalist Decay, for Better and for Worse

The controversial film offers insight into the crisis of the system but misses the mark in key areas

Dec 31, 2021
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‘The Earth system is breaking down now with breathtaking speed.’
Photograph: Niko Tavernise/Netflix/PA

A lively debate has ensued over the merits of the film, Don’t Look Up. People on the progressive side of the political spectrum have praised the film for its piercing honesty about the climate crisis which is communicated through the metaphor of an incoming, planet-destroying comet. In the film, establishment politic…

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