A theater offered one women-only screening of “Wonder Woman,” and the internet had thoughts
We are very very VERY excited for the Wonder Woman movie. She’s one of our all-time favorite superheroes. The trailer looks phenom. And it’s a significant milestone for Hollywood and just Nerd World at large. After all, she’s the most iconic superheroine in comic book history and she’s finally getting her own blockbuster.
To celebrate this feminist milestone, the famed Alamo Drafthouse announced they would be presenting a women-only screening of Wonder Woman.
Yes, that meant admission for this screening would be limited to people who identify as women. It also meant that all staff that night would ALSO be limited to people who identify as women. All proceeds from the screening will go to Planned Parenthood. And the screening sold out in an hour, shout!
When your screenings of #WonderWoman just for women sell out in an hour pic.twitter.com/rH7Mdim8fI
— Alamo Drafthouse NYC (@AlamoNYC) May 26, 2017
And the Alama Drafthouse definitely got some social media love from feminist fans:
Thank you on behalf of ALL women. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
— Wendy Lady is Spoopy 🌈🎃 ☕️🦄 (@NerdRage42) May 25, 2017
Unfortunately, a small but vocal segment of the dude population went negative on the idea. Remember that men have dominated the film industry since, well, forever. Men see their gender fully represented all the time on screen. But ONE woman-only screening of a feminist milestone movie, ONE SCREENING, and we get a front row seat to Fragile Masculinity II: Electric Boogaloo.
Some of the tone-deaf responses included:
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And the rest of the internet had a field day with this:
idea: the alamo should respond to critics of its all-female wonder woman screening with an all-male screening of magic mike xxl
— Victoria McNally (@vqnerdballs) May 25, 2017
Don't know what I love more, Alamo Drafthouse having women-only screenings of #WonderWoman or its response 2 men children complaining abt it
— Alyssa Romeo (@AlyssaNRomeo) May 27, 2017
Discovered a new word…
testerical: when a dude freaks out that something is for women, excluding men. Eg. Alamo Drafthouse / “Wonder Woman”— Adrian Roselli 🗯 (@aardrian) May 27, 2017
But no one on Twitter was funnier about this backlash than the Alamo Drafthouse itself.
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/867754940671963136
And they had a pitch-perfect response for their detractors:
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
Oh Alamo Drafthouse, we love you! And we hope you keep adding those Wonder Woman lady screenings, because we wanna come to one!
