We really wanted to see it and also thought it was really good. We are ‘Space Race’ people. I thought it was well done, but was taken aback by the admission that the ‘bathroom problem’ wasn’t true for Ms Johnson. Finding that out diminished the movie a bit for me. Not that I wanted it to be true, just that I consider it incendiary and manipulative to put that type of falsehood into a movie with such a great story. And those women were brilliant. I’m glad their story is receiving the interest that it is receiving.
IIRC, the whole “Roots” storyline was completely fabricated...
Without the the bathroom lie, and the white supervisor who takes credit for Ms Johnson’s work, it would be a boring movie.
I agree.
It would have worked just as well if they had simply followed the story and shown her having the courage to use whatever bathroom she pleased.