In 2021, many folks paused the COVID-19 doom loop by spending a couple of hours with the drippingly sanctimonious Don’t Look Up. The idea of the film was that terrible catastrophe awaited those who failed to recognize blindingly obvious signals, specifically, the threat of climate change. Smugness aside, Don’t Look Up copies the narrative of oodles of Shakespearean tragedies—Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth—so it’s a verifiably tried and true formula.
John, your message of hope and optimism is sorely needed. The overwhelming litany of frightening, disturbing news eats away at my own enduring optimism about the world we live in, but I keep plowing on. Fear of crime is likely a component of fear of victimization. The more I discover new threats, the less weight any one of them carries. I might not notice declines in crime rates, so having you out there reminding me helps me reevaluate my major fears. Many thanks!
John, your message of hope and optimism is sorely needed. The overwhelming litany of frightening, disturbing news eats away at my own enduring optimism about the world we live in, but I keep plowing on. Fear of crime is likely a component of fear of victimization. The more I discover new threats, the less weight any one of them carries. I might not notice declines in crime rates, so having you out there reminding me helps me reevaluate my major fears. Many thanks!