Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove is trying to send off a message of humor about the nuclear scares occurring in 1964.  The director used humorous characters and speaking lines to give the movie a lighter tone and to clearly convey that it is not a serious movie.  General Buck Turgidson, to me personally, was the most humorous character because he would act extremely serious, but everything coming out of his mouth was a complete joke.  Another funny scene with General Buck Turgidson is he is receiving a very important call regarding whether to allow the drop of the hydrogen bomb but he was too "busy" in a room with a woman.  I believe these two scenarios are effective because if this were a real life situation, there is no way possible that Generals would be making mockery of a nuclear bomb drop or be too occupied with a woman to do their actual job.  I feel like the world after the bomb being dropped off would relate to The Road.  I feel like both lands would appear similarly desolate and humans would either be dead or on the verge of it.