Janie Orlean is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Peter Isherwell) in 2021 Netflix satirical black comedy film Don't Look Up. She is the President of the United States, being portrayed by Meryl Streep,
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- Orlean is largely based off Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
- Since the entire film is a metaphor and a satire of the response to climate change, it makes sense that Orlean would be based on Trump, since during his presidency he denied climate change even existed. However, Clinton seems to be a jab at the Democratic establishments' response to climate change, doing very little to stop the threat to please their donors.
- She and the other rich elitists leaving Earth could be a jab at billionaires buying up land in New Zealand to avoid the effects of climate change or even Texas Senator Ted Cruz going to Cancun to avoid the 2021 Texas Power Crisis, which was the result of dangerous weather.
- Due to being the one responsible for letting the comet destroy humanity on Earth, it was a mistake to accept Peter's idea to abort the original deflection mission and mine the comet for the minerals.