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| Can Climate Change Make for Good TV? | Can Climate Change Make for Good TV? |
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| Films and TV shows may be powerful tools to raise awareness about climate change. But, as we discussed in a previous newsletter, they’ve been put to that use only rarely. | Films and TV shows may be powerful tools to raise awareness about climate change. But, as we discussed in a previous newsletter, they’ve been put to that use only rarely. |
| Enter screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, Meryl Streep, Kit Harington and the rest of the sparkly entourage in “Extrapolations” on AppleTV+. The show envisions how climate change and the biodiversity crisis will transform the lives of people of different backgrounds from 2037 to 2070. | Enter screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, Meryl Streep, Kit Harington and the rest of the sparkly entourage in “Extrapolations” on AppleTV+. The show envisions how climate change and the biodiversity crisis will transform the lives of people of different backgrounds from 2037 to 2070. |
| The ensemble cast certainly generated attention. But many reviewers didn’t love the final product. Among them was James Poniewozik, the chief television critic for the Times. He wrote that, though worthy in its intentions, the show was a notable example of “well-meaning celebrity cringe.” | The ensemble cast certainly generated attention. But many reviewers didn’t love the final product. Among them was James Poniewozik, the chief television critic for the Times. He wrote that, though worthy in its intentions, the show was a notable example of “well-meaning celebrity cringe.” |
| Still, Poniewozik commended the show for taking on the challenge of trying to make “a slow-burn geocatastrophe” attractive to wide audiences. So I invited him to tell us more about the show’s opportunities, mistakes and successes. | Still, Poniewozik commended the show for taking on the challenge of trying to make “a slow-burn geocatastrophe” attractive to wide audiences. So I invited him to tell us more about the show’s opportunities, mistakes and successes. |