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#125362 - 08/11/2002 23:10 Dr. William Marston
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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I just read this article which was one of Blue's News links of the day. Mostly, it told me stuff I already knew, except for one little tidbit about Dr. William Marston, the inventor, which I didn't know.

Does anyone else "get" the delicious irony in that tidbit?
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#125363 - 09/11/2002 07:35 Re: Dr. William Marston [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
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I'm guessing that you knew he invented the polygraph, which is something I didn't know (I did know that he was a psychologist). However, I guess, having read only the title and tagline of the article, that it mentions that he was also the creator of Wonder Woman (he's usually credited there as ``William Moulton Marston''). And Wonder Woman has her ``lasso of truth''. Neat. Supposedly, she was created as an example for girls, that they can be as powerful as boys, and don't have to take a back-seat role.
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#125364 - 09/11/2002 10:07 Re: Dr. William Marston [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris
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Yeah, the Lasso of Truth thing is what I found so funny.
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#125365 - 11/11/2002 16:13 Re: Dr. William Marston [Re: wfaulk]
davec
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And Lynda Carter made for a HOT Wonder Woman... And those Lens Express commercials aren't too bad either...
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#125366 - 11/11/2002 17:11 Re: Dr. William Marston [Re: wfaulk]
jimhogan
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Registered: 06/10/1999
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Supposedly, she was created as an example for girls,

I never got it...If she was supposed to raise the profile of female superheroes, what the hell is she doing flying an *invisible* airplane?

I mean, where do you put the Oxygen Channel sponsorship decals?
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#125367 - 11/11/2002 17:24 Re: Dr. William Marston [Re: jimhogan]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Okay, that was a good one.
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