Sheril KirshenbaumAug 2, 2023

"Christopher Nolan's #Oppenheimer explores the work of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer & colleagues to create the atomic bomb.

Yet, the film fails to depict a key part of the story, using 2 female scientists as stand-ins for ALL of the women who contributed."

Hundreds of women were essential to the Manhattan Project, including Nobel Prize winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer. But they are largely absent in the #film.

https://www.businessinsider.com/women-manhattan-project-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-completely-ignored-2023-7 #HistoryRemix #science #history

The women that Nolan's new film 'Oppenheimer' completely ignored

Women serving in key roles like explosion techs, librarians, and hematologists were essential to the Manhattan Project.

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Show threadQueen of AnxietyAug 2, 2023
@Sheril I mean, it’s a Nolan film. Of course it ignores most of the women. Women are only important to Nolan in how they motivate men. It’s my primary criticism of him and why I don’t care for his work.
Show threadSabaah Z Jauhar-Rizvi
@Sheril @queenofnewyork Thank you. Many people tell me I should like his films and I just feel weirded out by them. The lack of women probably plays a part.
Aug 3, 2023 at 12:12amWeb
Show threadQueen of AnxietyAug 3, 2023
@Sheril @AustenLied Been a bee in my bonnet for a while. He’s not quite as bad as Michael Bay’s eye-candy-only women, but it’s not much beyond that. There’s an element of systemic misogyny in it, as many other male directors (esp the auteur variety) aren’t much different, but I’m not going to bother with someone who treats around 1/2 the population as superfluous to interesting stories.
Show threadSabaah Z Jauhar-RizviAug 3, 2023
@queenofnewyork @Sheril Valid and makes sense why his films just don’t interest me. Like ever.