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'Oppenheimer' draws debate over the absence of Japanese bombing victims in the film (www.nbcnews.com)
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Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

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[-] skulblaka@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly this. "Properly" covering the topic would require 18 movies covering several hundred years of history and containing both World Wars. Sometimes it's just out of scope for the project you're trying to make. It would be great for a podcast series or for a long series of documentaries, not so much for a single movie with a 180 minute runtime.

[-] Refract@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm no expert but I enjoyed Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East podcast series on the background, lead up, and involvement of Japan in World War II - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lqNevhLx08QPmvCLjhS4g

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