Don’t Look Up (2021), directed by Adam McKay, is a satirical disaster film that uses a planet-destroying comet as a metaphor for how modern society reacts to existential threats. The story follows two astronomers who discover the incoming comet and desperately attempt to warn the world—only to be dismissed, ridiculed, politicized, or repackaged as entertainment. The film exaggerates reality, but its criticism is unmistakably grounded in real behavior. What sets it apart is its depiction of insti