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Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove. Supplementary Notes. Meanings of Characters’ Names. Jack D. Ripper = psychopath who killed prostitutes to “free” them Kissoff = to start a disaster, or to abandon something as lost Mandrake = plant for curing; also an aphrodisiac/fertility drug.

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Dr. Strangelove

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  1. Dr. Strangelove Supplementary Notes

  2. Meanings of Characters’ Names • Jack D. Ripper = psychopath who killed prostitutes to “free” them • Kissoff = to start a disaster, or to abandon something as lost • Mandrake = plant for curing; also an aphrodisiac/fertility drug

  3. King Kong = beast who died for what he loved • Strangelove = perverted love • Guano = bat excrement • Ambassador de Sadesky = Marquis de Sade, writer of sadistic pornography

  4. Muffley = muff = pubic hair/pubic region • Merkin = British slang for female genitalia • Buck = male animal stud, oriented primarily for reproduction • Turgidson = turgid = swollen and erect

  5. Connections Between War and Sex • Ripper’s gun and how he holds it • How Major Kong sits on the bomb • The plane’s two bombs look like testicles • In the opening scene, the one plane refueling the other looks like copulation (sex)

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