Late last week, the trailer for upcoming movie “Songbird” was released to much criticism about it being exploitative - because it depicts a horror movie-like setting of America still in lockdown in 2024, with a mutated version of Covid-19. We look at the question of, how soon is too soon? Are we ready for fictional representations of our current struggles with the pandemic? 



Image Source: STXfilms, Songbird 

Late last week, the trailer for upcoming movie &ldquo;Songbird&rdquo; was released to much <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/30/songbird-michael-bay-pandemic-movie-criticized">criticism about it being exploitative</a> - because it depicts a horror movie-like setting of America still in lockdown in 2024, with a mutated version of Covid-19. We look at the question of, how soon is too soon? Are we ready for fictional representations of our current struggles with the pandemic? 

Image Source:&nbsp;STXfilms, Songbird&nbsp;

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