I thank you for reading, but I think you are misreading my post. I don't describe any backlash directed at Oppenheimer as a film. (I quote: "The anger isn’t directed at the historical personage, the film, or even the fans who launched the Barbenheimer campaign.") Rather, it is backlash against the companies using nuclear imagery for the …
I thank you for reading, but I think you are misreading my post. I don't describe any backlash directed at Oppenheimer as a film. (I quote: "The anger isn’t directed at the historical personage, the film, or even the fans who launched the Barbenheimer campaign.") Rather, it is backlash against the companies using nuclear imagery for the purpose of ginning up interest in an unrelated summer movie, in this case Barbie. I do think there is general resistance to portraying Oppenheimer as a tragic hero here. But that is a different thing than backlash. One can have an interest in the film while simultaneously objecting to the way in which Americans seem to be taking such glee in imagery of nuclear apocalypse.
I thank you for reading, but I think you are misreading my post. I don't describe any backlash directed at Oppenheimer as a film. (I quote: "The anger isn’t directed at the historical personage, the film, or even the fans who launched the Barbenheimer campaign.") Rather, it is backlash against the companies using nuclear imagery for the purpose of ginning up interest in an unrelated summer movie, in this case Barbie. I do think there is general resistance to portraying Oppenheimer as a tragic hero here. But that is a different thing than backlash. One can have an interest in the film while simultaneously objecting to the way in which Americans seem to be taking such glee in imagery of nuclear apocalypse.