"Radium Girls" were female factory workers in the early 20th century who painted luminous watch dials with radium-based paint. The girls were instructed to sharpen the paintbrushes with their lips, causing them to ingest lethal doses of radium, which led to health problems like bone cancer and jaw necrosis. The women's courage in taking on their employers in court led to significant legal victories that paved the way for modern workplace safety regulations.
The GHHS cast of Radium Girls shined a bright light on ambition, progress and the hidden costs of chasing success. Both historically accurate and tragic, the students' portrayal of the fight for justice and fair compensation was thought-provoking and inspiring. As one friend aptly pointed out, Tucker is never not not nice in real life but played a perfectly cold, smug company legal counsel, not quite blatantly malicious but certainly unyielding.
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It is a little bit scary to see Tucker acting the part of a sociopathic attorney so convincingly... delay, delay, delay. I hope he and his friends will cherish these theater experiences for years to come.
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