Dr. Strangelove Analysis
The film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb directed by Stanley Kubrick takes place during the Cold War, when there is a rise in the production of nuclear weaponry. Kubrick expresses that during the Cold War era, the government failed to recognize the struggles of minorities, such as black people. The lack of discussion on Civil Rights issues that were prevalent at this time speaks volumes. The movie could have been directed to show what was happening aside from communism threatening across the water, but instead, Kubrick chose to not discuss the issues blacks dealt with during the time when they were fighting for their rights. Although in this time period, the main focus was the communist threat despite the
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In doing so Kubrick aimed to expose the governments neglect of racial tensions on the home front. America was so focused on the nuclear threat involving Russia that they failed to focus on the issue of the racial divide in the country. The film depicted a government filled with whites. Because the film did not portray a single character of African American descent, or even any other minority, it indicates that segregation was still a pressing affair. During the early 1960s, blacks were still trapped by the regulations placed upon them that originated from Jim Crow laws. "Throughout the 1960's, bus riding Freedom Riders, marchers, boycotters and other protesters," according to HistoryBits, "continued their crusade for freedom and were met with fierce white and establishment resistance" ("1960s"). During their push for rendering the nation whole and striving to acquire the integration they deserved, blacks were faced with riots, bombings, beatings, and shootings by those who felt that blacks should not be able to be accepted into a "white society" ("1960s"). While all these brutal things are happening to the blacks, the government still gives no awareness towards anything that does not revolve around combating communism. The government failed to give this issue the full attention it deserved because they were narrow minded and dedicated all of their efforts
In doing so Kubrick aimed to expose the governments neglect of racial tensions on the home front. America was so focused on the nuclear threat involving Russia that they failed to focus on the issue of the racial divide in the country. The film depicted a government filled with whites. Because the film did not portray a single character of African American descent, or even any other minority, it indicates that segregation was still a pressing affair. During the early 1960s, blacks were still trapped by the regulations placed upon them that originated from Jim Crow laws. "Throughout the 1960's, bus riding Freedom Riders, marchers, boycotters and other protesters," according to HistoryBits, "continued their crusade for freedom and were met with fierce white and establishment resistance" ("1960s"). During their push for rendering the nation whole and striving to acquire the integration they deserved, blacks were faced with riots, bombings, beatings, and shootings by those who felt that blacks should not be able to be accepted into a "white society" ("1960s"). While all these brutal things are happening to the blacks, the government still gives no awareness towards anything that does not revolve around combating communism. The government failed to give this issue the full attention it deserved because they were narrow minded and dedicated all of their efforts