• Shikadi@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 months ago

    Ignoring the consequences of the NM test on local populations, and omitting the part about Oppenheimer fighting for the bomb to be dropped on Japan are the parts of this article that stick out the most to me.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      11 months ago

      They skimmed over the entire manufacture of the bomb so they could fixate on Oppenheimer's sex life.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Today I learned on this thread that because the movie is a biography that means glaring omissions and focusing on awooga while removing the scientific contributions and actual relevance of women to the Manhattan Project is just what biographies do, actually. morshupls

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          11 months ago

          the scientific contributions and actual relevance of women

          They did that one scene where a woman scientist told off her male colleages for concern trolling her fertility. And that was it. That's all you really needed.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            They did that one scene where a woman scientist told off her male colleages for concern trolling her fertility. And that was it. That's all you really needed.

            According to most Nolan apologists, that actually counts and that really is all that is necessary and if anything is generous on St. BWAAAM's part.