Historically there were many inaccuracies. They touched on a few points of the Communist Scare, but back then life was very different than conveyed in the film. The wardrobe and dialogue was more along the lines of "inspired by" if that helps. Plus, in one shot Bessie wore a finger wave while in other shots she's in a bob. (Was that intended to separate the events and storyline by the week?) Women had their hair done once weekly back then, was that what that was intended to do? Also, as much as I hate to remember it because it truly was terrible, segregation was a thing back then, back then it was not out of the norm. It was a real thing. It was literally taught that it was a bad thing to mix, at parties or anywhere else. I felt that those scenes when they threw in the tokens was a bit insulting. Either make the film legitimately accurate or not, but don't throw a black woman and man in there for good measure, it's mean. It's as though the film said, "We're required to have a couple of black actors...and so there they are even though this is totally inaccurate of the timeline." It's plain rude and plain weird. Then again, there's a lot of new (weird) politics going on so... This is a story about a poor family, the two daughters were the family support. But they managed to get a radio when only 30% of America had one then. Radios were a great luxury back then and very expensive at this point in time. By the 30's about 60% of America had one. A family couldn't survive on a woman's wage but they had 2 woman's wages coming in which was almost what a man earned. But they could afford a radio? Just saying. But maybe it was for atmosphere, who knows..
Review of Radium Girls
