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Comment by rafterydj

2 days ago

Thanks for pointing out this section, but "race baiting garbage" is a strong term, no?

There were historical inaccuracies, some of which I expected like timeline issues and things like that, as well some things which were actually true that I did not expect (John Glenn asking for the calculations personally). In the end it is a movie meant to spark interest in NASA / science and tell a compelling story about people who helped us during a time before the Civil Rights Act. To call it "race baiting garbage" is overly dismissive and I think exposes an alarming personal bias.

> but "race baiting garbage" is a strong term, no?

No. Read the Historical Accuracy section. The movie made up a bunch of pointless racial conflict that literally didn't happen.

> In the end it is a movie meant to spark interest in NASA / scienc

No it's not, the movie is virtually entirely about race relations at NASA and lying about what really happened there.

It's not merely the timeline but the substance, try reading it again. Nobody was every actually banned from bathrooms.