Who loves and hates Don't Look Up?

Some excerpts from this Forbes review:

"Criticisms of Don’t Look Up seem to boil down to two main themes: Firstly, it makes for uncomfortable viewing. [...] Secondly, critics appear to be worried that the film is making fun of people—and that perhaps they might be among the targets.[...] It’s unclear which characters these offended writers are identifying with, or which audiences they are being offended on behalf of, but the film has clearly hurt some feelings. Why do the critics—a community famously never given to snobbery or condescension—feel condescended to? Perhaps they believe they would be better climate communicators than the filmmakers. [...] It’s all just so meta."

"The haughty reception for Don’t Look Up from the showbiz media contrasts starkly with the reaction from the community on which the film’s heroes are based: the climate scientists. And if Don’t Look Up is infuriating to watch, it is because it does a pitch-perfect job of channeling climate experts’ weary frustration at being ignored. For decades, researchers have been warning the political and media establishment that human-caused climate change constitutes a civilization-threatening phenomenon, capable of overturning every constant that underpins our way of life. That same political and media establishment has steadfastly refused to take on board the magnitude of the threat, claiming that the only people qualified to fully comprehend issue are indulging in alarmism. Perhaps that’s one reason why, since its release, climate and environmental researchers have been heaping praise on Don’t Look Up."


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