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Can humor help solve our climate crisis? David Cross sure as fuck hopes so.
Summary
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72% Informative
David Cross co-stars with Michael Oppenheimer in a new climate-themed comedy video.
The video is part of a wave of climate-focused comedy launched in recent years .
Cross: "Humor has been shown over centuries , is a very effective way to get people to absorb the information".
VR Score
71
Informative language
67
Neutral language
42
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
41
Offensive language
possibly offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
External references
7
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/09/adam-mckay-climate-change-commercial-videoshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/gas-leaks-horror-movie-climate-change-campaignhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEZ2GlHqZmshttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/02/david-cross-comedy-climate-crisishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT84nMCwHtYhttps://hotandtoxic.com/https://www.climatedesk.org/
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