Making a “dystopian horror movie” about a horror that is real and happening RIGHT NOW is so tone deaf. And so not what people need. So many people have lost jobs, livelihoods and loved ones due to COVID, and everyone’s life has been severely effected. Bad, bad, bad move.
The more I think about the Songbird film, the more I’m seething about it. It’s really got be panicked about that feeling too far from reality and I think it’ll make a lot of people anxious. #SongbirdMovie#Songbird
I can't judge the movie bc I haven't seen it, but the trailer plays on people's fears about the pandemic and being forced into obeying martial law. we are already seeing those fears play out in anti maskers at the expense of the most vulnerable. this is in such poor taste
Many angry Twitter users pointed out the film's similarities to the current coronavirus pandemic.
During the trailer, Apa is seen riding a bike through a empty city, he is then stopped by armed soldiers and screams to them that he is immune before being taken into custody.
Once those in the film become infected, they are the taken to "quarantine camps" rather than hospitals.
The women is then is dragged kicking and screaming to be quarantined.
The danger appears to come close to home, as her mother begins to have a temperature and she tells loved ones they can't see her and should "say goodbye".
But he refuses to do so, telling her: 'I'm not letting you give up!'
The trailer ends on a darker note with a message mentioning recent calls to stay healthy amid the Covid-19 outbreak, as one character says "Remember stay sane, safe and sanitised".
