cold war bound madness

Alanna 2022-04-23 07:01:01

"Dr. Strangelove" is definitely an anti-Cold War theme. A mediocre director would choose to shoot the impact of the Cold War head-on, but Kubrick chose black humor to do the opposite, using countless absurd elements to form a A "Cold War" game full of sex, Nazis, race, religion. War is the conflict between one's own reason and the enemy's reason. When everyone is rational and everyone is just, everyone is irrational and everyone is guilty.

The story begins with an absurd and crazy idea - the commander of the US Air Force Base, Jack D Pipper, felt exhausted in the sage mode, and decided that it was the Soviets who added fluoride to the Americans' drinking water, which was harmful to national security. . (If you are impotent, you will not have such a broken thing.) After that, "absurdity" sang all the way, reproduction began and reproduction ended, Dr. Strangelove suggested that politicians build underground anti-nuclear facilities, only elites can enter, and every male needs to be equipped with A number of women to complete the great cause of human reproduction. (Damn It reminds me of the previous anti-human JM cartoonist) The sexual metaphor of the character name, the plot setting of demonization and opposition, the perverted and firm character psychology, countless details show the specific direction and practical significance of the Cold War madness and antipathy. reason.

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb quotes

  • President Merkin Muffley: I'm afraid I don't understand something, Alexi. Is your premier threatening to explode this if our planes succeed in carrying out their attack?

    Ambassador de Sadesky: No, sir! It is not a thing a sane man would do. The doomsday machine is designed to to trigger itself automatically.

    President Merkin Muffley: But surely you can disarm it somehow.

    Ambassador de Sadesky: No! It is designed to explode if any attempt is ever made to untrigger it!

    President Merkin Muffley: Automatically?

    General "Buck" Turgidson: It's an obvious Commie trick, Mr. President. We are wasting valuable time! Look at the big board, they're getting ready to clobber us!

  • Major T. J. "King" Kong: Well, shoot! We ain't come this far just to dump this thing in the drink. What's the nearest target opportunity?