Was Bond a part of British cultural propaganda?

[nanolark]

Would it be correct to call the Bond character a part of British cultural propaganda at the time of Cold War?
Did the British really take part in promoting 'certain politically-correct ideas' at the time?

[Kristatos]

It depends how you define propaganda. If you mean that Fleming was hired by the government to help spread certain ideas, like the films that were made during WW2 to promote the war effort, then not as far as I know. But Fleming was not what you would call a nuanced writer. For the most part, Britain and her allies were good and noble, and foreigners (except for Bond's allies) were a dastardly lot.

[Blowfeld]

I have no idea if those rumours are true or not. However it does not matter because planed or not his writing had a tremendous positive effect on how the population felt about being British and how the world perceived us.
Until proven otherwise I can only assume Ian took pen to paper to tell a fantastic story he had rattling around his mind, perhaps make enough to move up the social ladder a little. If it was cultural propaganda I doubt it was planned because it was the movies and JFK who put 007 on the map far as the world was concerned, which took 10 years to happen from the date Casino was first published.


Perhaps The Beatles were a secret government cabal to influence the Americans

[Count_Lippe]

The Beatles first single Love Me Do was released on the same date as the UK premiere of Dr No, 5 October 1962.

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