THE 101 FUNNIEST SCREENPLAYS OF ALL TIME: Michael Walsh asks, “Is Dr. Strangelove (No. 7) really ‘funny’?”
Well, I find it hysterically funny; it’s also one of the tightest screenplays ever written, and the brilliant performances all around help as well. It’s not a coincidence that Strangelove, Airplane! and Robert Altman and Ring Lardner Jr.’s M*A*S*H all have grimly serious subtexts underpinning their comedy.