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TexasTowelie

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Thu Oct 8, 2015, 03:06 AM Oct 2015

Atomic bomb test subject of new 'Manhattan' season

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — After the first season of WGN America's "Manhattan," actor John Benjamin Hickey sought to learn more about the Manhattan Project.

He and co-star Ashley Zukerman read about the Tularosa Basin Downwinders — descendants of a small New Mexico Hispanic village near where the U.S. Army first tested the atomic bomb on July 16, 1945. They studied the aftermath of the bomb's creation on the scientists.

Next week marks the debut of the second season of WGN America's drama "Manhattan," and Hickey said viewers can expect more complicated characters wrestling with moral questions of creating a bomb that could wipe out humanity. He and other actors have met with members of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, and they have toured real historic sites connected to the bomb.

Hickey, who plays scientist Frank Winter, said it was important for him and the others not to make judgments based in hindsight but to place themselves in the chaotic context of World War II America.

Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/entertainment/television/article/Trinity-Test-and-effects-subject-of-new-6556550.php

Cross-posted in the New Mexico Group.

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Atomic bomb test subject of new 'Manhattan' season (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2015 OP
link is broken Iris Oct 2015 #1
That's weird because it worked for me when I tried it. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #2
Maybe because I'm on my phone Iris Oct 2015 #3
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