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LESSON 5 · Why Genres Make You Feel

PAUSE TO THINK

Why was Godzilla created in 1954?

A nuclear-testing disaster

Godzilla was born just months after a Japanese fishing boat, the **Lucky Dragon 5**, was showered with fallout from a U.S. hydrogen-bomb test. The monster gave that raw national fear a face.

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