In “Nuclear Menace in the Mass Culture of the Late Cold War Era and Beyond,” Paul Boyer and Eric Idsvoog conclude the following:
Whatever the level of trivialization, one thing was clear as the twentieth century ended. Neither the reality of nuclear danger nor the continued presence of nuclear fear in American mass culture had disappeared with the end of the Cold War. Like the radiation-affected creatures in the science-fiction stories and movies of the 1950s, the cultural expression of that fear had simply mutated into sometimes bizarre new forms. (225)
In your response, discuss a specific example of “the continued presence of nuclear fear in American mass culture” after the end of the Cold War.