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“Car Commercial 419”: Adam McKay Strikes Again With Sendup Of Classic Car Ads Viewed Through The Lens Of Climate Change
'Don't Look Up' director Adam McKay and his long-time editor Hank Corwin have created "Car Commercial 419," a sendup of auto ads for era of climate change.
In 2022, McKay quietly posted a devastating faux Chevron ad that laid bare the irony of oil companies positioning themselves as environmental stewards. Now, McKay and his long-time editor Hank Corwin ( The Big Short, Vice, Don’t Look Up) have created “Car Commercial 419,” a sendup of the golden age of automobile ads for the era of climate change. McKay is, of course, a prolific writer, producer and the director of films such as Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, The Big Short(for which he and Charles Randolph won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar), Vice and Don’t Look Up.
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