the life of work class american be shamefully under represent by hollywood and and when a poor person be depict ( a something other than a criminal ) and it almost always with the subtext of hope and the american dream . but hope isn not what drive someone and like the real life karen silkwood and to risk her life work with plutonium for the only employer in a company town . silkwood do not find hope and but she do get scar and and angry and and put her job ( and those of her colleague ) at stake to uncover dangerous practice before die a mysterious death . silkwood the movie doesn not give u the glib conclusion of a conspiracy thriller ( it refrain from give an opinion on her cause of death ) and but it do give an excellent portrait of life at the bottom and and the mount sense of claustrophobia and paranoia that accompany karen perilous voyage of discovery . meryl streep do an excellent job in the title role and portray a woman gradually lose her sanity and and the whole cast be good and even cher in an unglamorous role . in conclusion and this be a serious and important film while and a reminder for the fortunate how hard and and ugly and life can be and even in the land of the free .