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[Starship Troopers] Is the film supposed to be an in-universe propaganda piece?
gpt
It's an in-universe war movie made a few years after "victory" was declared in the Bug War. During the war itself they wouldn't have been nearly as honest about how f'd things got on Klendathu, but afterwards they can use it for drama, much like how post-WWII films can use Pearl Harbor or Normandy Beach in the same sense. 

Like a lot of Hollywood war productions, the government provided assistance in the form of access to men and equipment as background extras, in exchange for certain 'influence' on overall plot, and especially the barely veiled recruitment ads inside; the "commercial break" mechanic was the director's attempt to keep the cheerleading segregated from the overall story, though they still got that ending rammed down their throat by the studio.