The Imagination of Disaster
Sontag, Susan. 1965. in Commentary Magazine.
Sontag carries out a criticism on audience response to 1950’s science fiction films seemingly drawing from the apocalyptic experiences in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She defends the inappropriate nature of public entertainment based off trauma.
Link: https://www.commentary.org/articles/susan-sontag/the-imagination-of-disaster/