The 'Wonder Woman' creator would love the idea of women-only screenings
As the millions of Americans who gave it a record-breaking $100 million weekend now know, Wonder Woman spends most of its opening hour on Themyscira, the fictional island of the Amazons. Or, as it used to be called in the comics, Paradise Island.
There's a reason why William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator, gave his heroine the Paradise Island background when he delivered her to the world in 1941. This wasn't just another Krypton, a way to introduce a superhero with a cool otherworldly origin.
No, Marston's reasoning can be summed up by two words that are often mocked in modern political discourse: safe space. Read more...
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The 'Wonder Woman' creator would love the idea of women-only screenings
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