20-11-2013, 08:41 PM
I have always thought both General Ripper and General Turgidson
drew from LeMay.
As for Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers denied he based the
character on Henry Kissinger, but I read somewhere long
ago (and don't remember where) that Sellers actually
met Kissinger at a DC cocktail party during the Kennedy
administration. So he may well have copied the accent
and other features from Kissinger. There is a reference
to Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS in the character as well.
drew from LeMay.
As for Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers denied he based the
character on Henry Kissinger, but I read somewhere long
ago (and don't remember where) that Sellers actually
met Kissinger at a DC cocktail party during the Kennedy
administration. So he may well have copied the accent
and other features from Kissinger. There is a reference
to Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS in the character as well.