Yes, we get that this movie is not 100% historically accurate. Yes, we get that Henry Coxwell has been omitted. So sorry. Yes, we get that Amelia Wren is an amalgamation of at least two noteworthy nineteenth-century female aeronauts. Yes, we get that a bunch of dudes are hurt that this movie isn't entirely true.
Get over it.
It's fun, it manages to show how important this moment was while also recognizing that several under-noted women also played a role in nineteenth-century aeronautics, and so we get the entire picture of an era in a short film. It's inclusive, because history is not so clean as the white-male centrists want to believe. It's an amalgam. It tries to capture many events in a two-hour movie, and that's okay, because the women are too often ignored.
And it's a fun, well done movie with some fine acting. I'm all for it.
Give it a watch and just enjoy it.
Get over it.
It's fun, it manages to show how important this moment was while also recognizing that several under-noted women also played a role in nineteenth-century aeronautics, and so we get the entire picture of an era in a short film. It's inclusive, because history is not so clean as the white-male centrists want to believe. It's an amalgam. It tries to capture many events in a two-hour movie, and that's okay, because the women are too often ignored.
And it's a fun, well done movie with some fine acting. I'm all for it.
Give it a watch and just enjoy it.