Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentOn top of being Netflix’s second most watched movie (according to Netflix) and racking up four Oscar nominations, Adam McKay’s star-studded political satire “Don’t Look Up” also inspired tens of thousands to march against climate change in France on Saturday.More than 80,000 people protested peacefully in multiple cities in France on Saturday, including 32,000 people in Paris.
Many of whom were holding “Look Up” signs, according to France 24 news website, which attributed the participation figures to organizers.The annual protest for the climate was indeed named the “Look Up Day” by the non-profit org Alternatiba in reference to Adam McKay’s allegorical movie which stars two earnest astronomers (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) on a mission to warn a narcissistic U.S.
president (Meryl Streep) and her son (Jonah Hill), as well as a pair of jaded news anchors (Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry) that the Earth is about to get shattered by a comet.
McKay took to social media to share his excitement after seeing pictures of the demonstrations, saying “reports are 80 thousand marched in Paris alone.
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