Article by Eric Worrell
The Greens equate their cause to “Uncle Tom's Cabin”'s role in freeing the slaves.
'It Affects Everything': Why is Hollywood so afraid of tackling the climate crisis?
David Smith in Washington
Saturday, July 20, 2024 20:06 Australian Eastern Standard Time“Twister” is the latest in a series of films that fail to address the environmental emergency — and experts say it's a missed opportunity.
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A study published by Good Energy, a nonprofit consulting firm, and the Buck Climate and Environment Laboratory at Colby College analyzed the presence of the climate crisis in 250 of the top-grossing fictional films from 2013 to 2022. There is a climate crisis.
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“We’re talking about eight billion people reacting to oil companies destroying an entire livable climate. We need stories in hundreds of different languages, reflecting a thousand times more cultures experiencing varying levels of awareness and emotional processing.
He added: “But if filmmakers aren't willing to make climate a part of their movies in some way, I always tell them that it's a guarantee that in five years, their movies will be as irrelevant as movies are today. critical.
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When asked whether filmmakers had a moral responsibility to address the issue, Lipsky pointed to the parallels with slavery: “model is uncle tom's cabin. The problem had to be solved, so Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that novel. When Lincoln received her at the White House, he said, So you are the woman who started our Civil War. Sometimes the expression of something can be so startling, so direct, that it makes people take action.
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Learn more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/20/hollywood-climate-crisis
The cultural and political impact of “Uncle Tom's Cabin” cannot be overstated. The book sold millions of copies. The image of the protagonist, Uncle Tom, as a decent Christian who helped his friends and lived firmly by his faith in the face of unspeakable cruelty, cruelty, and betrayal, had a profound impact on American attitudes toward slavery.
We’re used to green arrogance, but it seems to me unreasonable to equate their climate pseudoscientific propaganda with such an important historical work.
