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Don't Look Up: A Darkly Comedic Tale of Existential Dread

Introduction

In the 2021 sci-fi comedy film Don't Look Up, director Adam McKay crafts a satirical lens on societal indifference towards catastrophic events, filtering it through the story of a comet poised to obliterate Earth. The film's premise revolves around two astronomers who struggle to convey the impending doom to an apathetic world, effectively mirroring contemporary issues of misinformation and governmental inaction.

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