The film Dr. Stramgelove, portrays a satiric spin on the 1960's and the nuclear fears that were in the minds of Americans at the time. The film uses many stereotypes to poke fun at the different groups involved in the governement and the military. For example, there is the drunk Russian leader, the General who immediately wants to start a full out nuclear attack at the first hint of an altercation, and the President who simply wants to talk things out and not affend anyone. There is also the crazy Nazi scientist who is somewhat insane and has a sinister look about him.
The film is very effective at getting its point across mainly because it uses humor which is a great way to not only to get people to pay attention, but also to understand the point of whatever is being presented. The film may fall short in the aspect that the ending, being the most important part of the film, happens so fast that it is somewhat hard to understand exactly what happens and why all of the sudden bombs start going off as the movie ends.
Dr. Strangelove goes right in hand with a major apocalyptic topic that we have been looking at this semester, nuclear war, along with the common theme that most apocalyptic scenarios are human caused, commonly by greed or fear.
I agree with everything that you have said. You made some really good observations about all of the stereotypes portrayed and made fun of. I agree that the humor was effective because it was not too much. The humor really moves the movie along, but I agree that the end does happen too fast and can be confusing. I cannot decide if I agree that this apocalyptic scenario was caused solely by fear or if some of it was prejudice.
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