Don’t Look Up

The setup of the movie Don’t Look Up is recognizable enough: Two low-level astronomers (played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) discover a comet which they predict will hit the earth in six months, destroying all life on the planet unless it is deflected. So they try and warn the world, firstly in a much postponed meeting with the US President (played by Meryl Streep) and then through the media, but their naïve communications approach sets up doubt on the validity of their findings.

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