Wednesday 31 December 2008
Hollywood did not regain this golden slurry until the 1990s, when Kevin Costner decided to stage the Apocalypse - twice. In ‘Waterworld’, he is one of the last survivors of a drowned world – but it hard to take his long existentialist speeches seriously when he is wearing flippers. In ‘The Postman’, he wanders through a burned landscape, keeping – yes – the postal system running. “You’re a godsend, a saviour!” a woman squeals at him. “No,” he says, “I’m a postman.” Can we agree now that if there is ever an apocalypse and we are all dependent on Kevin Costner for survival, our species should just call it a day? Johann Hari ☀
