by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
When it comes to the storytelling disaster that is “Don’t Look Up,” the movie because of its subject matter, is often seen almost exclusively through the lens of Blue and Red. So, you have Blues who defend it because they like the message and Reds who hate it because they feel attacked.
You have Blues who suggest if you don’t like the movie you’re stupid and Red who say if you like the movie you’re just another globalist cuck who wants to take away red meat and milk because of the Green New Deal is socialist.
Ugh.
I was the audience sweetspot for Don’t Look Up, and upon my first attempted viewing I fucking hated it. I love the movie’s politics, but from a storytelling point of view I found it to be a fucking disaster. It should have been Network, but instead it was Mars Attacks.
But I now that I have learned its ending, I definitely think I will grit my teeth try again. I think what I ran into is how messy whacked out the movie becomes at times, when in general, it’s probably a pretty good movie. Maybe I should do the same thing with Booksmart? Maybe I can get past the screeching over lesbian sex positions? I fucking hated that movie. And, again, I’m the (male) sweetspot for the movie!
Anyway, it is a testament to how fucking divided America is right now that everything, even a movie is both produced and viewed through the lens of Blue and Red. Racist fascism is extremely popular in the United States and as I keep saying — either we slip peacefully into autocracy or we have a civil war with no ready endgame.
