Don't Look Up

'impending'

"What the world thought was an impending and terrifying danger, turns out to be an astonishing opportunity"

'rich'

"To make a bunch of rich people even more disgustingly rich"

'resigned'

"A lot of my colleagues they've either been removed or resigned from this project, and apparently for asking too many questions about this mission here" - political fear of revolution/rebellion (eliminating oppositions)

rhetorical questions

"[...] what the hell happened to us? I mean, God, how do -- How doe we even talk to each other? What've we done to ourselves? How do we fix it?" (extra close up - zoomed in from perspective of TV camera) - questioning values of society in 21st century

CVN news still going on in finals scenes before comet hits

allusion to Fox News; "There's only one thing everybody is talking about tonight. Topless care centres." (Absurdism)

Montages

montage of life, power of life, of all the things we will lose - society's focus on control and power and popularity // Final montage of protects, political rallies, concert & speech