Nancy Updike

Yeah, Pieces Are Profession shows up a bunch of times in the movie, along with other sort of funny sight gags of just the way things are labeled. And I thought Pieces Are Profession was over the top. I thought, oh, it's too much.

Yeah, Pieces Are Profession shows up a bunch of times in the movie, along with other sort of funny sight gags of just the way things are labeled. And I thought Pieces Are Profession was over the top. I thought, oh, it's too much.

Like a scene that ended up in the movie about Stalin's son, Vasily.

Like a scene that ended up in the movie about Stalin's son, Vasily.

I've now seen Dr. Strangelove a bunch of times, the movie and then the play, and every time I think, so no one wins in the end. The bad ideas don't prevail. Nothingness prevails. It's shocking. Many times in my life, I've looked back at a specific moment and thought, oh, right, that was before, before I knew that, before this happened.

I've now seen Dr. Strangelove a bunch of times, the movie and then the play, and every time I think, so no one wins in the end. The bad ideas don't prevail. Nothingness prevails. It's shocking. Many times in my life, I've looked back at a specific moment and thought, oh, right, that was before, before I knew that, before this happened.

But it's much more unsettling to experience now, the moment you are currently in, as that before time. To look around and feel that you will look back on this moment as one that came before so many losses or changes or hardships. Dr. Strangelove, the play, gave the audience a chance to, sure, laugh, but also to feel that dread, to see ourselves as living in a time before, before something.

But it's much more unsettling to experience now, the moment you are currently in, as that before time. To look around and feel that you will look back on this moment as one that came before so many losses or changes or hardships. Dr. Strangelove, the play, gave the audience a chance to, sure, laugh, but also to feel that dread, to see ourselves as living in a time before, before something.

It's not clear what. Nuclear bombs have a narrative advantage that way. They have one iconic image associated with them, a recognizable brand of destruction. What is the right image for what's on our horizon? Or mine, I'll just speak for myself, my dread. I rewatched the movie and saw the play during the hottest year on record, in the summer before the U.S. presidential election.

It's not clear what. Nuclear bombs have a narrative advantage that way. They have one iconic image associated with them, a recognizable brand of destruction. What is the right image for what's on our horizon? Or mine, I'll just speak for myself, my dread. I rewatched the movie and saw the play during the hottest year on record, in the summer before the U.S. presidential election.

I'm writing this story, wondering how much of Los Angeles is going to burn, and whether there's going to be a nationwide ban on abortion, mass deportations. I don't have a picture in my head to focus on. It feels more like a play, a lot of dialogue, and I'm experiencing it live.

I'm writing this story, wondering how much of Los Angeles is going to burn, and whether there's going to be a nationwide ban on abortion, mass deportations. I don't have a picture in my head to focus on. It feels more like a play, a lot of dialogue, and I'm experiencing it live.