Movie Theater Adds More Women-Only Wonder Woman Sparking Twitter Outrage
A Brooklyn movie theater caused a stir online yesterday when they announced they were going to be doing special Wonder Woman screenings just for women and female-identifying folks.
We’re proud to be hosting #WonderWoman screenings for women ONLY (incl our staff) w/ all proceeds going to @PPFA! ?: https://t.co/ILueTsJH6R pic.twitter.com/LmmgAnmBcg
— Alamo Drafthouse NYC (@AlamoNYC) May 25, 2017
Is the news that femme fans of super hero comics and movies have waited a long time for this shocking? No. Is it surprising that they might want to experience it together in a group with other women who’ve waited a long time? No. Is it that strange that a theater is trying to help women and girls feel more included in a subculture that is so notoriously exclusionary we have a sister site dedicated to doing the same thing? No. Is the theater banning men from every showing? No. Somehow, still, the outcry against the Alamo Drafthouse persisted.
@AlamoNYC @PPFA You just had to cater to the mentally ill left, didn’t you. #Sad.
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) May 26, 2017
@AlamoNYC @mariannemiller @PPFA So if my cat were to walk in can I say he’s a woman, he’s in? I’m not insecure so no thanks on the coddling
— Karakara ??? (@CuboneBoneClub) May 25, 2017
@OH_Geoff @AlamoNYC @PPFA It’s ONE screening at 3PM on a Sunday. What other stuff do you get mad about? Your outrage is laughable.
— Jussin Morgan (@jussinmorgan) May 25, 2017
@PocketVolcano @AlamoNYC @Heinekenrana @PPFA “IT’S ONLY ONE SCREENING” says the random idiot… ” we’re just relocating the jews” says the moustached German… IT’S JUST JUSTIFICATION!
— Starius ✘ (@Starius) May 26, 2017
Alamo responded today…
We heard your complaints have taken swift & decisive action. Another women-only #WonderWoman show on sale now! https://t.co/ILueTsJH6R pic.twitter.com/6HAuYi6fQG
— Alamo Drafthouse NYC (@AlamoNYC) May 26, 2017
…by becoming the very definition of “unbothered” and adding another women-only showing. It’s for Thursday, June 8, and it isn’t sold out yet, unlike the other two.
Oh, and if you’re in Austin, they’re doing the same thing:
We’ve added a 2nd screening of our WOMEN ONLY: WONDER WOMAN show here in Austin. Tickets are live now: https://t.co/P00kgkOogv pic.twitter.com/GGlzacIvmx
— Alamo Drafthouse ATX (@drafthouse) May 25, 2017
Have fun!
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