Is "Don't Look Up" allegorical commentary on the world's response to current events?
While reading Is the science in "Don't Look Up" realistic? and wondering if this movie was intended to make a point, I had the question whether this movie is meant to allegorically illustrate people's inadequate response in light of overwhelming scientific evidence. That is, are they trying to call out people who reject mainstream conclusions with respect to climate change or Covid vaccination?
Some writers, for example in Slate and Time suppose that it is commentary on climate change inaction. I had the same initial impression, without real information about the creator's intent.
From Slate:
The overwhelming consensus among critics is that McKay’s new comedy is an allegory for climate change, a film that lampoons our refusal to take sufficient action to deter an all-too-real environmental crisis that is rapidly spiraling out of control.
From Time:
If you follow the public conversation around climate change, you have probably heard about Don’t Look Up. The Netflix disaster movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as ignored scientists Randall Mindy and Kate Dibiasky, uses an impending comet strike as a cautionary tale for climate change.
Best Answer
According to Variety, Adam McKay, who wrote and directed the film, said in a interview that it is specifically about climate change. Also, the first draft of the script was complete before the pandemic started, so while it definitely could have a double meaning and additional relevance related to the pandemic, that wasn’t the original intent.
McKay, who wrote and directed the Netflix film, wanted to make a movie about the impending climate apocalypse — one that was “a big, broad comedy,” as he called it in a recent interview with Variety. And that was McKay’s plan before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, causing new and horrifying variations of anti-science denial.
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/adam-mckay-dont-look-up-ending-spoilers-1235142363/amp/
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