Producer of ‘Cocaine Bear’ Shares Political Message Embedded in ‘DNA of the Movie’
A producer for “Cocaine Bear” explained how the film has a political message embedded within its “DNA.” Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin asked producer Aditya Sood in a text, “Cocaine Bear is a movie about a bear who does…
A producer for “Cocaine Bear” explained how the film has a political message embedded within its “DNA.”
Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin asked producer Aditya Sood in a text, “Cocaine Bear is a movie about a bear who does cocaine, of course. But is it a metaphor for anything about our Politics as well?”
Sood replied, “Someone told me once early in my career that every movie has a theme whether you intend it or not. But in this case, our screenwriter Jimmy Warden really did want to do a low-key satirical critique about the failed Nixon/Reagan era war on drugs.”
He added, “So it’s embedded in the comedic DNA of the movie. Between the kills.”
The R-rated horror comedy raked in $23 million during its opening weekend.
The movie’s website explained the film was “inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.”