The film Dr. Strangelove is creating a world in which an accidental nuclear attack by a crazed general has caused a nation wide and world wide panic. It turns out that not only has the general set out an attack without permission but has also targeted, unknowingly the site of a doomsday device. And although the word and actual existence of doomsday device is farce in the real world, in this movie it has caused global panic, seeming to be the end of the world. While I expected the movie to have a more serious tone to it, in all actuality it had a very light one. Scenes like with the vandalizing of the coca cola machine brought some great laughs. It made the movie rewatchable, and light...instead of focusing directly on the theme of destruction and fear.
"Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy... the fear to attack" Have something like a doomsday machine, is a deterrence, that no body knew about. What is the point of having a secret deterrent?
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