'Radium Girls' recounts early battle for worker safety
Just because you don’t know if something is harmful doesn’t make it safe
Posted Mar 21, 2012, 2:23 pm
Dave Irwin
TucsonSentinel.com
Beowulf Alley Theatre’s “Radium Girls,” set in the 1920s and based on factual events, is about ignorance and corporate responsibility. It provides a cautionary tale for our own time: Simply because the science doesn’t exist yet to prove that something is harmful, does not necessarily make it is safe. Think lead paint, thalidomide, even cigarette smoke.
The jam-packed drama, with nine actors portraying 30 roles in more than 25 scenes, is a reminder that under the rule of law, authority requires responsibility.
Samantha Cormier, Bree Boyd-Martin and Nicole M. Scott in Radium Girls.
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