THE SECOND SEASON OF THE TV SERIES ABOUT THE SECRET BOMB BUILDING PROJECT AT LOS ALAMOS STARTED TUESDAY NIGHT ON WGN-AMERICA. BUT JUST HOW ACCURATE IS “MANHATTAN”?
HEATHER MCCLENAHAN, DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SAYS WHILE MUCH OF SEASON ONE WAS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE…THE PORTRAYAL OF PROJECT LEADER ROBERT OPPENHEIMER WAS NOT. SHE SAYS THE SHOW PORTRAYS OPPENHEIMER AS A JERK…WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY A BELOVED FIGURE.
BUT MCCLENAHAN SAYS THE SHOW GOT OTHER LITTLE DETAILS JUST RIGHT…LIKE THE ATTEMPT BY SOME OF THE WIVES TO SAVE A TREE THAT WAS ABOUT TO BE BULL-DOZED.
