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Another editor didn\'t like my addition of this trope concerning the titular character, arguing that he can\'t be Jewish because he is strongly implied to be an ex-Nazi. However, I specifically addressed this in the example, pointing out that [[RealityIsUnrealistic there were actually many high-ranking Jewish Nazis in real life]], with [[https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-1358-8.html a link]] to back that up. Moreover, Strangelove in the movie is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed CompositeCharacter of a number of famous real life government scientists and nuclear strategists at the time (nearly all of whom were Jewish), as noted on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Dr._Strangelove Wikipedia]]. According to the same page, the character\'s odd foreign accent was based on that of a Ukrainian Jewish photographer the director Kubrick worked with. His surname (Merkwürdigliebe, anglicized as Strangelove) also comes across as much more Jewish than German. General Turgidson even points out in the movie that it doesn\'t really sound like a \
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Another editor didn\\\'t like my addition of this trope concerning the titular character, arguing that he can\\\'t be Jewish because he is strongly implied to be an ex-Nazi. However, I specifically addressed this in the example, pointing out that [[RealityIsUnrealistic there were actually many high-ranking Jewish Nazis in real life]], with [[https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-1358-8.html a link]] to back that up. Moreover, Strangelove in the movie is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed CompositeCharacter of a number of famous real life government scientists and nuclear strategists at the time (nearly all of whom were Jewish), as noted on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Dr._Strangelove Wikipedia]]. According to the same page, the character\\\'s odd foreign accent was based on that of a Ukrainian Jewish photographer the director Kubrick worked with. His surname (Merkwürdigliebe, anglicized as Strangelove) also comes across as much more Jewish than German. General Turgidson even points out in the movie that it doesn\\\'t really sound like a \\\"Kraut\\\" (German) name.
Given this, I think it\\\'s fair to call Strangelove AmbiguouslyJewish. The movie never calls him Jewish in so many words, but it certainly seems to hint at it, which fits the trope description.
Given this, I think it\\\'s fair to call Strangelove AmbiguouslyJewish. The movie never calls him Jewish in so many words, but it certainly seems to hint at it, which fits the trope description.
