You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

I'm Eric Olinsky.

So the super mega hyped movie Batman vs Superman is about to land in multi-plexes around the world.

I'm kind of obsessed with this movie but also wary at the same time.

But there is one thing I'm really looking forward to.

Finally, seeing Wonder Woman on film.

She would do.

I love cheers with you.

Breaking heart to the big screen has been a long, torturous process.

I won't go into the whole production history but there is finally going to be a standalone Wonder Woman origin story next year.

starring Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman after she makes her debut in Batman vs Superman.

I don't think you've ever known a woman like me.

One of the reasons why Wonder Woman has had a troubled history is, um, well, sexism.

But there have been plenty of male writers who approached this character with the best of intentions

and just couldn't make it work.

And the reasons why are much deeper and stranger than a lot of people realize.

And it all goes back to her origin story.

Not just the one in the comics but the one in real life too.

Way back in the early 1940s, comic books were skyrocketing in popularity.

But they were also corrupting the youth of America according to many concerned adults.

So one day, comic book publisher named MC Gaines was thrilled to read this article in the magazine Family Circle

where a journalist named Olive Burn went to see a psychologist William Martin to ask him

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