‘Twisters’ Was a Spectacle That Missed a Huge Opportunity | Rare

Guest essayist for the New York Times, Margaret Renkl, comments on how the summer blockbuster, 'Twisters,' missed a major opportunity to talk about climate change, and cites the Entertainment Lab's research on 'Madame Secretary.' She writes, "It would not have stripped one bit of screaming energy from one single truck-tossing tornado if these filmmakers had allowed their characters — who include, after all, research scientists and climatologists — to muse aloud about how climate change might be affecting their work...the CBS drama 'Madam Secretary' proved that even a single episode with a climate-based story line could significantly affect viewers’ understanding of the human costs of climate change."