Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

War

Speaker

President Merkin Muffley

Actor

Peter Sellers

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

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Author

Hannah Arendt
Source
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil The New Yorker
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Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

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Author

John Updike
Source
Self-Consciousness
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, ch. 4.

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Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.