The Veiled Vice of Don’t Look Up

A tragedy of trickle-down truth.

Photo by Frank Zinsli on Unsplash

The Netflix dramedy Don’t Look Up has inspired quite a lot of takes since crashing onto our screens in late 2021. The best of them commiserate with the film’s beleaguered leads, but in doing so, they tend to repeat the leads’ mistake.

I indulged the same deception not too long ago, and only through great agony was I freed from…