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If you've seen a [[Disaster Movie]], you've seen this trope. There's an oncoming disaster and [[The Hero]] is trying to get everyone to see the [[Cassandra Truth]]. Problem is that there's this one [[Suit
The vested interest varies. He could be the owner of the project that is actively causing the disaster or whose destruction is the disaster. On the other hand, it could just be that they would lose a lot of money from the [[Attack of the Town Festival]]. In fact, in the Attack of the Town Festival, expect this role to be played by the mayor. Similarly, his portrayal and motivation varies. He could be an outright [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who believes the disaster and just doesn't care or, and it tends to be this way in the better works, he is simply so emotionally invested in what he has that he can't bring himself to face the truth. The latter way tends to resonate better and appear more realistic to audiences, as well as having a natural connection to the common theme in disaster movies of Mankind vs. His Folly.
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