Wonder Woman was born of a threesome, the polyamorous love of one man and two women and their belief that this comic book hero could heal the world. That's the sensationalistic summary of "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," a film launched Friday, exploring the lurid genesis of the Wonder Woman character. But focusing on that detail is selling the film, and the story too short. Because there are two major things happening with this movie, each provocative and enticing. The first is that creative birth of a comic book superhero who has become a box office man from the gods, thanks to this year's hit summer blockbuster "Wonder Woman." After seven decades, the iconic heroine is finally getting her time in the spotlight as the most powerful woman on the planet. With "Marston," we finally get to the surprising but sensible manifestation of her from the mind of a brilliant but bizarre man - William Moulton Marston. The second thing is all ab...
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