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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 01:52 PM Dec 2021

Don't Look Up on Netflix. A metaphor for politics and COVID

I really enjoyed it. Don't miss the funny scene after all the credits run.

It's such a powerful metaphor for politicizing science in exactly the same way the Republicans acted during the entire COVID situation.

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Don't Look Up on Netflix. A metaphor for politics and COVID (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Dec 2021 OP
I just started to watch it ItsjustMe Dec 2021 #1
how do you get dark screen? mopinko Dec 2021 #2
I use Dark Reader ItsjustMe Dec 2021 #4
cool. ty mopinko Dec 2021 #5
Added it to my list... IrishAfricanAmerican Dec 2021 #3
I was just informed markie Dec 2021 #6
I just finished it!! Delmette2.0 Dec 2021 #7
Watched it yesterday... Ohio Joe Dec 2021 #8
It's very funny, in a dark way. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #9
Thanks for the heads-up on the 3rd ending, after credits. Also, (SPOILER) intrepidity Dec 2021 #10
Answer consider_this Dec 2021 #12
Ah thanks intrepidity Dec 2021 #13
I've seen it twice during the last two days. Laffy Kat Dec 2021 #11
Oddly, I believe it was written before COVID. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2021 #14

markie

(22,926 posts)
6. I was just informed
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 02:43 PM
Dec 2021

we are watching it tonight... I have a houseguest here that worked on the film so I will get a blow by blow I'm sure

Ocelot II

(121,001 posts)
9. It's very funny, in a dark way.
Sat Dec 25, 2021, 11:55 AM
Dec 2021

The message isn't subtle; I don't think it was intended to be. There's some pretty intense satire going on. Meryl Streep is a hilariously and obviously Trumpish president - imagine TFG as a woman, a skinny bottle-blonde with a touch of Cruella DeVille, ratings-obsessed and unable to stop talking. Her chief of staff is her son, a smarmy, obsequious cross between Don Jr. and Jared Kushner. The celebrity- and trivia-obsessed media get a good skewering, too. I think I'll watch it again.

intrepidity

(7,894 posts)
10. Thanks for the heads-up on the 3rd ending, after credits. Also, (SPOILER)
Sat Dec 25, 2021, 07:42 PM
Dec 2021

Although, is there really a way to 'spoil' this film? But anyway, the ending where you see a cell phone flying through the air with "Congratulations! Your diet is over!"

Does that mean the person was vaporized, or blown to pieces? The app detected the loss of mass? Pretty dark humor there...

consider_this

(2,827 posts)
12. Answer
Mon Dec 27, 2021, 04:24 PM
Dec 2021

It was the app that the Jennifer Lawrence character was using as her countdown to the impact of the comet. As you saw a displayed at that moment, goal had been achieved.

Laffy Kat

(16,524 posts)
11. I've seen it twice during the last two days.
Mon Dec 27, 2021, 01:18 AM
Dec 2021

Once, around 3:00 a.m. this morning, although I kept falling asleep, and just now with my youngest son.

Adam McKay, "The Big Short", directed the film as a metaphorical warning about climate change. It's both funny and sad. It stars several actors I'm frankly burned out on, but everyone did a great job and it turns out the casting was perfect.



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