![]() ![]() One of my problems with the first outing was that it seemed to be as much about Al Gore as about the science of climate change. ![]() Sure, a handful of conservatives will see it - mostly so they can pick it apart on their websites - but “An Inconvenient Sequel” is definitely preaching to the choir. And so the new film is a full-throated call to action aimed squarely at a progressive audience. And some research suggests it actually succeeded in moving the needle of public opinion.Ī decade on, though, it’s not clear how many persuadable fence-sitters are left in America. The original movie set out to persuade its audience that climate change is real, that it is human-caused, and that political action was urgently needed. ![]() Of course, you can’t really put politics aside, certainly not with an explicitly political documentary whose hero - and that’s definitely how Gore is portrayed - is a Democratic Party icon and a bête noire to the libertarian right.
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