Agreed. It would have been clumsy and condescending, not to mention artistically wrong for him to…

e Rape of Na…ia would be justly outraged over the lack of attention given to the Rape of Nanjing or comfort women. I don’t think Christopher Nolan could have made a movie that tangentially tackles the immense Asian suffering in World War II and made everyone happy.
Japanese Outrage Over Oppenheimer Is Going to Backfire Immensely
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Agreed. It would have been clumsy and condescending, not to mention artistically wrong for him to suddenly cut to Japan in a tokenistic way. More of my thoughts on that issue here, if you're interested. Great article, by the way. :)
https://fanfare.pub/why-i-disregard-oppenheimer-whataboutism-51ecbf714549
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