No subject is off-limits when it comes to consumption. Latine culture and people, specifically, are marketed frequently because of their “vibrancy” and “colorfulness.” [...] Although on-screen Latine representation may be slowly improving in films like Encanto (2021), the lack of Latine creatives behind these stories must be addressed.

Throughout [Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb] characters conflict, obey, interact with and embody their roles, in a way that is only narratively feasible through the implementation and address of governmental design, real or fictional. The looming presence of real institutions and real (albeit satirical) global threats in Dr. Strangelove only deepens its historical prescience and modern relevancy.