Oppenheimer Isn’t a Story About the Atomic Bomb — It’s About Ourselves

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Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated film, Oppenheimer, opened in theaters over the weekend. It beat expectations raking in a whopping $80.5 million in sales. Despite the ongoing labor strike in Hollywood, its release — alongside the Barbie movie — set records.

Running three hours, Oppenheimer tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a…