A canadian bomb making factory?
Who would set a WW2 drama in canada, thousands of miles away from the action? The luftwaffe cant reach you, where the hell is the excitement? POINTLESS.
sharebecause it's based on fact. And it's a story on the effects of the war on the people back home.
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World War II impacted people all over the globe, from all walks of life. Instead of the usual WWII stories told from "at the front lines" or "at the highest levels of command", BOMB GIRLS takes a different approach, telling the story from a nation who was very much involved in the war, but due to the distance from the main action, the people there lived with a lot of uncertainty and misinformation, and the tension that comes with those. As was pointed out by zaphod-42, it is also a story based on fact--based on real women who really did manufacture the munitions for the war; who enjoyed a new independence when circumstances allowed women to enter the workforce en masse, but who could also expect to lose this new found independence as soon as the war ended. It also addressed the plight of the men who were forced to sit on the sidelines of the war due to their ethnic heritage, and the prejudices they faced as "enemy aliens", even if they may have themselves been born in Canada. What's more, WWII was a war of such scope that despite being an ocean away, these people ate, slept, and breathed the war. It was the central focus for their lives for many years.
In my opinion, these are all the points as to why a WWII drama was set in a munitions factory in Canada.
My mother was a "bomb girl", but she doesn't like the show because it is nothing like the reality. The women had to go through decontamination showers before and after each shift. They were given clean uniforms each day and had to be completely covered. They had to wear special shoes to prevent electrostatic charges building up since one small spark could blow them all up. Their skin and eyes turned yellow from the nitrogen exposure. As well, the factory was off-limits to office staff. No one could enter or exit without going through decontamination, and street clothes were never allowed. It was not my mother's choice to work there: she was conscripted.
shareThe show has all of that in it. Your mother should pay more attention to the show. A lot about those things happened when Kate and Gladys first got there,Gladys especially.
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