“Jaws” can teach us a lot about our response to COVID-19
Across the country, as businesses re-open amid rising coronavirus cases in 22 states, “Jaws” is once again in theaters. But the beloved classic, re-released during a pandemic, looks very different in light of the coronavirus.
In part a story of a shark threatening a beach community, “Jaws” is also the story of a bombastic, anti-science mayor who willfully ignores the threat of an invisible murderous force for the sake of “summer dollars.” (Sound familiar?)