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Dr. Strangelove: 60 Years On

Dr. Strangelove: 60 Years On

Stanley Kubrick’s legendary nuclear holocaust black comedy celebrates six decades

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Jan 16, 2024
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Warning: Contains spoilers

The détente ideologies that balanced East and West on the knife edge of global nuclear annihilation during the Cold War were correctly considered comedic, potentially catastrophic farce by Stanley Kubrick. In 1964’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (to use the full title), Kubrick…

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