A Variety opinion column by Clayton Davis criticises Hollywood's silence over a severe water crisis in Puerto Rico, where more than 180,000 households and businesses in San Juan and six neighbouring municipalities have begun rolling 48-hour water shutoffs, potentially rising to 72 hours. The piece argues the crisis, affecting roughly half a million people, stems not from natural causes but from chronic under-investment in ageing infrastructure, and calls on the entertainment industry to respond as it has for the island before.

The column notes July was San Juan's driest month in over 120 years, and that the island's water authority loses more than half the water it treats through leaking pipes, with some communities enduring over 100 days of outages this year before rationing even began; the San Juan mayor has sued the water authority. Davis contrasts the current quiet with past mobilisations, citing Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2017 benefit song "Almost Like Praying" after Hurricane Maria, relief efforts by Bad Bunny and Rauw Alejandro following Hurricane Fiona, and Bad Bunny's residency, which reportedly generated around $200 million for the local economy.