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No sacred cows

The unexpected brilliance of Don’t Look Up

15 January 2022

9:00 AM

15 January 2022

9:00 AM

I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Don’t Look Up, the new satirical film on Netflix. It’s about a couple of American scientists who discover a giant ‘planet-killing’ comet that’s going to collide with Earth in just over six months. They try to warn the world about this existential threat but no one takes them seriously, from the President of the United States on down.

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