I will say, that New Yorker article seems like one hell of a stretch, literally says the movie is concerned with a white family is being hunted by "dark others", like come the hell on, the monster being a sickly dark gray is obviously tied to scary predators like sharks and wolves. If this is really some subtly tribal jab, then practically every movie monster is also a dark other (Alien, Godzilla, king kong, jaws, tremors, babadook, etc.)
However, that collegehumor article has nothing to do with what you're talking about tactical nuke, and i read it to be sure, which i'm also a bit mad at you for because it was the most base, unfunny comedy writing i've ever read ("How do they POOP or FART??" is a comment i heard probably 24 times just coming out of the theater)
