Professor Marston & the Wonder Women Page #6

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But instead, the start

of a powerful feminist movement.

She will be carefully crafted,

psychological propaganda...

...based on a lifetime of research

into the human mind...

...inserted into a populist medium

to further equal rights for women.

Hmm. You a professor?

I used to be, yeah.

I used to be a principal.

Heh. Well, then, as a fellow educator...

...you can see the potential

of this new medium.

Together, we can lift

the comic book out of the gutter.

Place it among the powerful

artistic movements of this century.

Do you always lay it on so thick?

Eh. Suprema, the Wonder Woman?

It's too wordy.

Why don't you just call her, uh,

Wonder Woman?

Wonder Woman...

Wonder Woman?

Wonder Woman.

I like it.

With war raging across Europe...

...there's a new hero in town fighting

for our freedom, and she's a lady.

They're calling her Wonder Woman.

She's the latest and prettiest sensation...

...in a superhero craze

that's sweeping the nation.

Sales are skyrocketing,

and she's outselling Superman.

But not everybody is as enthusiastic

about the new comic-book craze.

We've been banned.

- What do you mean?

- Put on a list, banned.

- Well, by who?

- By the National League of Decency.

- They're fascists.

- No, Catholics.

- Same difference.

- In every issue of Wonder Woman...

...women are being whipped,

spanked, chained, bound, gagged.

- We gotta cut the kinky sh*t by what?

- Fifty. Fifty to 60 percent.

Fifty to 60 percent,

we gotta cut the kink.

Doc, there's, like,

twice as much bondage stuff in here.

Three times. I tripled it.

Bye, Mom.

Hi.

Sweetie, I'm late.

- I don't care.

- No, I'm late. I have to go.

I'm just calling because, uh...

...I woke up this morning,

and I... I felt, um, terrible.

I don't think I'm gonna make it.

You don't even deny

that these images are overtly sexual.

An erotic component is necessary.

How else is submission supposed

to be pleasurable?

I am teaching readers to submit

to a loving authority.

And that submission is pleasurable.

Young boys must learn this...

...if they are to grow up

respecting powerful women.

What is powerful about a woman

running around in a bathing suit?

Yoo-hoo?

Olive?

Elizabeth?

Oh, dear.

Oh, my God.

Jesus. Um...

I'm so...

I think I was... I'm so sorry.

- Just get it off me.

- I'm trying.

Elizabeth.

Oh, my God. It's Donn.

Donn?

Sweetheart.

My God, your face.

- What...? Did you...? Did you fall?

- No.

- What happened?

- Charlie and the guys are telling lies...

...about you and Mom and Dad.

All right. Come here. Come here.

You're gonna be all right.

- Hey!

- Jesus Christ, Bill.

Your brat and his gang of hooligans

attacked my kid.

- Watch your tone, doctor.

- Oh, really?

Easy. We don't need

another school-yard brawl.

- I'm sorry the children got into a scuffle.

- A scuffle?

No easy way to say this...

...but we think it would be best

if you remove the children from school.

- What?

- Molly, you know us. We're friends.

- Olive, stop...

- Don't.

I'm sorry.

Your kids are a bad influence.

- That's not true. How can you say that?

- It's not the children's fault.

It's your fault.

You're passing your life off as normal,

and it's not.

You can live your life

however you want.

But when it comes to my kids,

I don't want them exposed to...

...people like you.

Elizabeth.

F***ing freaks.

- What did you call us?

- Called you perverts.

- No!

- Bill!

- Stop it!

- Get off of him. Get off!

- Violence.

- What of it?

Fred!

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

Try to get up and be somewhat careful.

Don't. It's not worth it.

No more.

Wonder Woman is filled with violence...

...torture and sadomasochism.

You know, I was wrong to fight today.

But what you must understand

is what's more important than fists.

It's what's in here.

Ideas, thoughts...

...that's more powerful than force.

Do you understand

what I'm saying to you?

Yes, sir.

Good.

- Good night.

- Good night.

I landed a few.

The kids are asleep, finally.

And Bill?

Him too.

We can't keep doing this.

Are you blaming me for what happened?

- They had no right to...

- No, they did.

They have every right.

Their right to shun us...

...and perhaps their right to beat us.

Not because we f*** each other,

but because we're foolish enough...

...to think that we're better than them.

I'm not a scientist.

I'm a secretary.

And Bill is not a psychologist.

He writes comic books.

And you...

I don't know what you are.

Please don't do this.

You have to go.

Please don't.

I don't wanna go.

It's gonna be all right. It's okay.

I won't get in any more fights.

Sweetheart,

I told you it wasn't about that, okay?

You be a big boy, okay?

It's all right, Byrne.

You look after your brother, all right?

- Please don't do this.

- I didn't do this.

Love you, Mom.

Hey, Mommy.

I'll come pick them up on Sunday.

You gotta go to the review,

or they can shut us down.

- Absolutely not. This is un-American.

- I got this b*tch on my ass.

- I don't care.

- I'm not gonna let you sink this ship!

Burn them! Burn them! Burn them!

Look, I have explained

my methodology.

What troubles me is

that you're trying out...

...your so-called

psychological experiment on children.

Children are our great hope.

Do you let your children read it'?

Your little girl?

I don't know

why your wife puts up with it.

- This and the other woman...

- You leave my family out of it.

Who are you to judge us?

Are you normal?

- Doctor, what is it? What's wrong?

- He's gonna be okay. Stay back.

Hello?

Hello?

Olive?

Bill, she's not coming back.

She said she'd come.

Sorry to be late.

Thank you for coming.

- Do you need help with your suitcase?

- No, no.

I...

I wanted to...

Dear, I was wondering

if it would be possible for me...

...to speak for three minutes

without you interrupting me.

Sure.

Olive...

...I've often thought

of what I wanted to say to you...

- ...what I wished I'd said to you.

- I'm sorry, this...

- This really isn't necessary.

- Please.

Elizabeth was wrong.

She can't live without you.

- Bill, will you shut it?

- Three minutes.

- Not if you're gonna misrepresent me.

- I'm dying.

Not yet. You don't speak for me.

I am not. I'm speaking for myself.

I'm sorry. I can't do this.

- You asked me to come. Now, I'm going.

- Please don't go.

I have made a new life for myself, Bill.

But are you happy?

- Does it matter?

- Of course it matters.

You gave up. The both of you.

I'm going to die...

...and you will be left all alone

with your bitterness...

...and your rage

and your knowledge that you loved her...

...and she loved you,

and you threw it away for them.

Our kids don't deserve to be attacked,

to be ostracized.

Our children are inheriting your shame.

Is that how you want them to live?

Is that the lesson you want

to teach them?

Now, do you love her?

- Yes.

- And have you always?

Yes.

So then ask her.

Olive...

...will you forgive me?

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