Hollywood loves to lecture audiences on Climate Change.
Screenwriters routinely insert eco-lectures into films and TV shows. Sometimes entire plots revolves around Al Gore’s passion (“Snowpiercer,” “The Day After Tomorrow”).
There’s even a new metric by which films must be measured – introducing the Climate Reality Check.
Turns out “Twisters,” the sequel to the 1996 Helen Hunt/Bill Paxton smash, keeps the focus on escapism. No Power Point lectures or Greta Thunberg cameos.
CNN thinks a weather-related movie without Climate Change talking points is newsworthy. The far-Left site actually has a point.
“It” actor Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Fresh“) star as storm chasers who may have bitten off more than their weather balloons can chew.
“Twisters” director Lee Isaac Chung told CNN avoids any clunky spiels or Climate Change lessons. He wants everyone to enjoy the film, not just Blue State dwellers. He dropped the truth bomb on the most unsuspecting place possible.
“I just wanted to make sure that with the movie, we don’t ever feel like it is putting forward any message,” Chung told CNN. “I just don’t feel like films are meant to be message-oriented…I wanted to make sure that we are never creating a feeling that we’re preaching a message, because that’s certainly not what I think cinema should be about. I think it should be a reflection of the world.”
Shocking, no?
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The Hollywood Reporter notes the wisdom behind Chung’s approach. The site calls it, “a reflection of studio caution during polarized times when looking for a summer movie hit.”
It’s odd that Hollywood journalists haven’t cited that rationale in years past. The culture has been divided for some time, so the timing can’t be to blame. Hollywood studios have had no problem thumbing their collective noses at select demographics. Nor have stars held their tongues over the past decade.
Now, suddenly, things are changing. In particular:
- The Biden economy
- Inflation
- Dueling industry strikes
- Streaming red ink
- Box office blues
Studios can no longer afford to alienate large swaths of movie goers. “Twisters” is the latest proof of that new normal.
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