A new star-studded spoof skewers a massive corporation for manipulating the federal government to benefit its profits at the detriment of the air we breathe and the water we drink.
"Hellboy" movies star Ron Perlman and "Don't Look Up" director Adam McCay joined forces in a mocking promotional video for ExxonMobil after its CEO Darren Woods suggested consumers are to blame for the toxic carbon emissions his company produces.
"Sure, our own scientists accurately predicted catastrophic climate change sixty years ago, but we didn't want you to know about it," narrator Perlman says, over gentle piano music and footage of American landscapes and wildlife.
"That's why we spent billions on ads, and media manipulation covering it up. Then we rigged the government so leaders in both parties would do our bidding."
The spoof comes from Yellow Dot Studios in an effort to, as McCay told Rolling Stone on Tuesday, "kick big oil in the teeth."
"More and more we’re seeing people in film, TV, and music start to wake up to how urgent climate breakdown is,” McCay reportedly said.
While big oil won a victory last week when the Supreme Court overturned decades of precedent in its Chevron ruling — which overturned the statute that protected federal agencies regulating polluters from multinational corporation challenges — Rolling Stone reports legal defeats as well.
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"Climate liability lawsuits have gained momentum across the country," Rolling Stone reports. "In May, Vermont lawmakers passed a state law, the Climate Superfund Act, that will require oil and gas companies to pay for the costs of climate change. And just days ago, a lawsuit from the city of Boulder and Boulder County advanced towards a trial that will weigh if ExxonMobil and Suncor should pay the costs of climate-related disasters in the state — joining the growing movement of similar suits by state and local governments."
The spoof video does more than target American corporation, it also takes a jab at voters who don't demand climate action from their political leaders.
"Yes, every know and then you squawk about how evil we are but then we drop gas prices a nickel and you shut right back up," Perlman declares. "Do you have any idea how easy it is to get you off out backs with a little bulls---?"
"Do something you f---ing peasants!" Perlman concludes. "Exxon — F--- me? F--- you."
