Many ongoing hit shows are scrambling to incorporate the pandemic into their storylines too.
First, lets add some perspective, something these projects unavoidably lack.
The numbers are difficult to grasp, if not impossible.
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The Kings are very talented writers and this project is doubtlessly well-intentioned.
But perhaps most importantly: Nobody can correctly make an authentic drama about this pandemic right now.
No film captured the Holocaust until decades later, with 1985sShoah.
No film captured the horrors of the Vietnam War until 1979’sApocalypse Now.
There is also, most crucially, just a deficit of overall perspective.
Judging by its description,The Second Waveseems to be poised to dive into the politics of the crisis.
So its about theircareers, but also theirloved ones, yet alsopossiblythe end of the world?
Wouldn’t knowing how this crisis ends make a difference in how that story should be told?
Sure, the pandemic can, and absolutely should, inspire Hollywood to tell stories about what happened here.
To all these projects, one can’t help but want to ask: What’s your rush?
