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A Victorian English scientist and gentleman inventor, identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller, lives in Richmond, Surrey.

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He explains to his weekly dinner guests that time is a fourth dimension and demonstrates a tabletop model machine for travelling through it. He reveals he has built a machine capable of carrying a person through time. At dinner the following week, a weary, bedraggled Traveller stumbles into the room and recounts to his guests what he has experienced on his journey to the future.

In the new narrative, the Time Traveller tests his device. At first, he thinks nothing has happened but soon finds out he went five hours into the future. He continues forward and sees his house disappear and turn into a lush garden. The Traveller stops in A.D. 802,701, where he meets the Eloi, a society of small, elegant, childlike humanoids. They live in small communities within large and futuristic yet slowly deteriorating buildings and adhere to a fruit-based diet. His efforts to communicate with them are hampered by their lack of curiosity or discipline. They appear happy and carefree but fear the dark, particularly moonless nights. They give no response to mysterious nocturnal disappearances, possibly because the mere thought of it frightens them. After exploring the area around the Eloi's residences, the Traveller reaches the top of a hill overlooking what was once London and finds only the ruins of what had once been an impressive metropolis. He concludes that the entire planet has become a garden, with little trace of human society or engineering from the hundreds of thousands of years prior, and that communism has at last been achieved. He also theorizes that intelligence springs from necessity; with no real challenges facing the Eloi, they have lost the spirit, intelligence, and physical fitness of humanity at its peak.

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Clarissa Dalloway goes around London in the morning, getting ready to host a party that evening. The nice day reminds her of her youth spent in the countryside in Bourton and makes her wonder about her choice of husband; she had married the reliable Richard Dalloway instead of the enigmatic and demanding Peter Walsh, and she "had not the option" to be with a female romantic interest, Sally Seton. Peter reintroduces these conflicts by paying a visit that morning.

Septimus Warren Smith, a First World War veteran suffering from deferred traumatic stress, spends his day in the park with his Italian-born wife Lucrezia, where Peter Walsh observes them. Septimus is visited by frequent and indecipherable hallucinations, mostly concerning his dear friend Evans who died in the war. Later that day, after he is prescribed involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital, he commits suicide by jumping out of a window.

Clarissa's party in the evening is a slow success. It is attended by most of the characters she has met throughout the book, including people from her past. She hears about Septimus' suicide at the party and gradually comes to admire this stranger's act, which she considers an effort to preserve the purity of his happiness.

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was announced in March 2010 as the sixth series in The Real Housewives franchise. The series received a 2011 Critics Choice Award for best reality series.

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Later in life, at the age of 21, Gray inherited 400 acres of land at the Round Hill plantation which kickstarted his tentative career as a planter. Several years later, Gray had built his own house on the property, bringing his property worth up to about $500. Imagine a sentence I'm adding that needs Allmendinger as the source. It is great.

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Before his family settled in Southampton County, Virginia they lived in Nottoway Parish, Virginia. BLAH DON'T DO THIS! But he himself only ever lived in Southampton. He was born sometime in the early 1800s, the exact date is unknown. He was the youngest of six children of Thomas and Anne Cocke Brewer Gray. He grew up as the son of a slave owner and when his grandfather died his father inherited 5 slaves and 400 acres of land.

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Skunks are crepuscular and solitary animals when not breeding, though in the colder parts of their range, they may gather in communal dens for warmth. During the day they shelter in burrows, which they can dig with their powerful front claws. Males and females occupy overlapping home ranges through the greater part of the year, typically 2 to 4 km² (0.77 to 1.54 sq mi) for females and up to 20 km² (7.7 sq mi) for males.

Skunks are not true hibernators in the winter, but do den up for extended periods of time. However, they remain generally inactive and feed rarely, going through a dormant stage. Over winter, multiple females (as many as 12) huddle together; males often den alone. Often, the same winter den is repeatedly used.

Although they have excellent senses of smell and hearing, they have poor vision, being unable to see objects more than about 3 m (10 ft) away, making them vulnerable to death by road traffic. They are short-lived; their lifespan in the wild can reach seven years, with most living only up to a year. In captivity, they may live for up to 10 years.

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Career

Gray was a lawyer. As ___ suggests, blah blah. Although he is commonly thought of as Nat Turner's lawyer, James Strange French is the person listed in official records as Turner's lawyer. Neither assertion is correct: William C. Parker was assigned by the court to represent Nat. Though educated in law at William and Mary early in life, he had only recently begun practicing law. There is some speculation that he had lost much of his property through gambling and that is what caused him to begin practicing law, which appears to be confirmed in a pamphlet Gray prepared discussing a dispute with a Southampton County physician, Orris A. Browne. There is also recent speculation on Gray's relationship with a well-known gambler in Virginia.

Gray published The Confessions of Nat Turner, which purports to be Turner's confession and account of his life leading up the rebellion, as well as an account of Turner's motives and actions during the rebellion.

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Adverse effects

A number of studies have found that intentional weight loss is associated with an increase in mortality in people without weight-related health problems. A 2009 meta-analysis of 26 studies found that "intentional weight loss had a small benefit for individuals classified as unhealthy (with obesity-related risk factors), especially unhealthy obese, but appeared to be associated with slightly increased mortality for healthy individuals, and for those who were overweight but not obese."

Dietary Supplements

Due to a quick change within one's diet or if a diet is unbalanced, dietary supplements may be needed. They are able to provide the vitamins, minerals, herbs and many other things that may be missing from an unbalanced diet. While they could be very helpful to maintain a healthy lifestyle with an unbalanced diet, they are still medications that can't be overused. Overdosing on any dietary supplement can cause a range of side effect depending on which one was taken.

Eating disorders

In an editorial for Psychological Medicine, George Hsu concludes that dieting is likely to lead to the development of an eating disorder in the presence of certain risk factors. A 2006 study found that dieting and unhealthy weight-control behaviors were predictive of obesity and eating disorders five years later, with the authors recommending a "shift away from dieting and drastic weight-control measures toward the long-term implementation of heathful eating and physical activity".

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The Great Hack holds an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 52 reviews with an average rating of 7.21/10. The review aggregator's consensus reads: "The Great Hack offers an alarming glimpse of the way data is being weaponized for political gain—and what it might mean for future elections." Peter Bradshaw writing in The Guardian said the film concerned "the biggest scandal of our time: the gigantic question mark over the legality of the Brexit vote", and awarded it five stars. Calling the film "a terrifying warning" and "the most important doc this year", Refinery 29 wrote: "The Great Hack makes clear just how deep that shady surveillance can – and does – go."

It was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, nominated for Best Documentary by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and nominated for Best Writing by the International Documentary Association. The film received an Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation Award from Cinema Eye Honors. Blah blah blah, critical perspective paraphrased and maybe quoted.

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The black-and-white scenario shows the forest of the tale.

An anthropomorphized black wolf tries to trick Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red is seen watching the wolf through the trees as he is dancing within a clearing. He notices her watching, and as Little Red walks away, he rushes up to her, asks her where is she going and what path will she take. Upon knowing her path, he gracefully runs and jumps to get to the grandmother's house before Little Red does. He successfully eats her grandmother, and then tries to eat her. However, she tricks him and survives. She does not "rescue" the eaten grandmother at all; she in fact eats her grandmother's flesh as well, even after being warned by a cat.

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Impact on Facebook users and investors

Since April 2018, the first full month since the breaking of the Cambridge Analytica data breach, the number of likes, posts and shares on the site had decreased by almost 20%, and has decreased ever since, with the aforementioned activity only momentarily increasing during the summer and during the 2018 US midterm elections. Despite this, user growth of the site has increased in the period since increased media coverage, increasing by 1.8% during the final quarter of 2018. In a 2020 study, participants in ______ reported that, contrary to the way the scandal was covered in the news, they had not changed their behavior on facebook as a result of the scandal.

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Adaptations

The story of Antigone has been a popular subject for books, plays, and other works, including:

• Antigone, one of the three extant Theban plays by Sophocles (497 BC – 406 BC), the most famous adaptation
• Antigone, a play by Euripides (c. 480 – 406 BC) which is now lost except for some fragments
• Antigona, opera by Tommaso Traetta, libretto by Marco Coltellini (1772)
• Antigona, opera by Josef Mysliveček, libretto by Gaetano Roccaforte (1774)
• Antigone (1841), settings of the choruses by Felix Mendelssohn as incidental music for a performance of Johann Jakob Christian Donner's translation of Sophocles
• Antigone, play by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
• Antigone, opera by Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), libretto by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
• Antigone, opera by Carl Orff (1895–1982)
• Antigone, play by Jean Anouilh (1910–1987)
• "Antigone-Legend", for soprano and piano (text by Bertolt Brecht), by Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938)
• Αντιγόνη (Antigone), ballet by Mikis Theodorakis (b. 1925), 1959
• Αντιγόνη (Antigone), opera by Mikis Theodorakis (b. 1925),1995–96
• Antigone (1990/1991), opera by Ton de Leeuw (b. 1926)
• Antígona Furiosa (Furious Antigone), play by Griselda Gambaro (b. 1928)
• Another Antigone, play by A. R. Gurney (b. 1930)
• The Island, play by Athol Fugard (b. 1932)
• La Pasión Según Antígona Pérez ((The) Passion according to Antigone Pérez), adaptation by Luis Rafael Sánchez (b. 1936), updated to 20th-century Latin America
• Antígona, play by Salvador Espriu (1939)
• Tegonni, An African Antigone by Femi Osofisan (b. 1946)
• Antigone, adaptation of Sophocles' play by Peruvian poet José Watanabe (b. 1946)
• Antigone, opera by Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
• Antigone, comic book by David Hopkins (b. 1977)
• Antigone, opera by Vassily Lobanov, libretto by Alexey Parin (1988)
• Antigone by Henry Bauchau
• Antigone's Red (2002), short play by Chiori Miyagawa
• The Burial at Thebes (2004), by Seamus Heaney, adapted into a 2008 opera with music by Dominique Le Gendre
• Antigone, play by Mac Wellman
• Antígona Vélez (1950), adaptation of Sophocles' play by Argentinean writer Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970)
• Antigona (1960), a play by Dominik Smole
• Antigone, play by Antonio D'Alfonso (2004)
• Antigonai (2009), opera based on fragments by Sophocles and Hölderlin for three choirs and a women's trio by Argentine composer Carlos Stella
• Antigone's Song (2010), short post-apocalyptic musical western film based loosely on the myth of Antigone by Perpombellar Productions
• Antigone, by Bertolt Brecht, based on the translation by Friedrich Hölderlin and published under the title Antigonemodell 1948
• Antigone, play by Don Taylor
• Antigone, modern adaptation (87 minute film) by Antonio D'Alfonso (2012)
• Antigonick, play by Anne Carson (2012)
• Antigonas, linaje de hembras, play by Argentinean playwright Jorge Huertas
• Antigone, play by Theodora Voutsa (2016) at Compagnietheater in Amsterdam
• Antigona (2016), a solo play by Brazilian actress Andrea Beltrão
• Antigone of Syria (2016), a production starring Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon
• The Children of Jocasta (2017), a novel by Natalie Haynes
• Home Fire (2017), a novel by Kamila Shamsie
• Antigone (2017), a film artwork by Tacita Dean
• Antigone in Molenbeek (2017) a play by Stefan Hertmans
• Antigone Alone (2018) a solo play by the actor/writer Michael McEvoy
• Antigone (2019), a film by Sophie Deraspe

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Dōsojin (道祖神, road ancestor kami) is a generic name for a type of Shinto kami popularly worshipped in Kantō and neighboring areas where, as tutelary deities of borders, they are believed to protect travelers and villages from epidemics and evil spirits. Also called Sae no kami or Sai no kami (障の神・塞の神), Dōrokujin (道陸神) or Shakujin (石神, literally: "stone kami"), they are often represented as a human couple, by carved male or female genitals, large stones or statues, or even tall poles along a road.

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Design

[[：File:Adrianne_Palicki_as_Wonder_Woman.jpg|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adrianne_Palicki_as_Wonder_Woman.jpg%7Cleft%7Cthumb%7CAdrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman.]] In the pilot's first two acts, Wonder Woman wears a new version of her classic comic book uniform: the familiar red top with gold "W" insignia chest plate (formerly an eagle symbol chest plate) is still used, as are her golden belt and Lasso of Truth; but, these are now worn with blue slacks that have gold stars running along the sides, rather than with shorts. Her boots are red with gold trim (whereas the traditional boots had white, vertical trim). Her bulletproof bracelets/gauntlets are more stylized, and her tiara is much thinner. During the final act of the pilot, when Wonder Woman flies to Cale's hidden laboratory for the final showdown with the villain, her clothing switches from the blue pants, to the more-recognizable shorts. Warner Bros later changed the costume, replacing the blue boots and rubbery pants, due to the ideas of the fans. But in the episode "Gorilla My Dreams" of Kelley's show Harry's Law, Erica Durance (best known as Lois Lane from the television series Smallville) as Annie Bilson, wears the original costume now with the red boots.

Though Wonder Woman's Magic Golden Lasso is referred to as the "Lasso of Truth" by a reporter in the episode, she never uses it to magically compel anyone to tell the truth. For instance, in the first act, she uses the Lasso to end a pursuit of a man down city streets during the dark night. In a later scene, she breaks the arm of one of Cale's henchman to "make him talk," instead of using the Lasso's magic. In this interpretation of Wonder Woman, the Lasso is only used for its' physical abilities; Wonder Woman snaps it round a target (usually the neck) then jerks it roughly, throwing the target off-balance. Her bracelets can still stop bullets (as in the Lynda Carter-starring, 1975-1979 TV series). For example, she uses them to protect herself from a security guard's gunfire during the episode's climax (and retaliates by hurling a steel pipe at the hapless guard, impaling him through the neck and killing him instantly). One of this interpretation's greatest departures from WW canon might be its version of her invisible plane/"the Invisible Jet." Here, she gets around Los Angeles in a very small, one-seater aircraft that is reminiscent of a shuttle craft in a sci-fi space TV show. While highly sophisticated, the plane is also highly visible (painted an opaque white).

Critics had much to say about the revisions made to Wonder Woman's costume change, Kyle Buchanan of New York stated the costume, "looked less like a superhero outfit and more like a Project Runway challenge gone awry, the kind of thing Nina Garcia would dismiss by sniffing, 'Shiny, cheap, and tacky'. The critcism being heard made them think of something else." Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter pointed out that the costume was causing a divide, with many exclaiming it was "too trashy and too bad porn-y".

Production

Reports surfaced in October 2010 that Warner Bros. Television was teaming with writer-producer David E. Kelley to pitch a new Wonder Woman television series to networks. The major networks all turned down the series, but NBC, the final network to initially pass on the project, announced that they had ordered a pilot on January 21, 2011. In February 2011, Jeffrey Reiner was hired to direct the pilot. A few days later, it was announced that Adrianne Palicki was selected to play the title role

In March 2011, Elizabeth Hurley and Tracie Thoms were cast as villain Veronica Cale and Diana's personal assistant Etta Candy, respectively. Pedro Pascal was cast as Ed Indelicato, Wonder Woman's liaison to the police department and Cary Elwes as Henry Detmer, who runs the day-to-day operations of Diana's company. Actor Justin Bruening was cast to play Steve Trevor.

The plot is described as "a reinvention of the iconic DC Comic in which Wonder Woman – aka Diana Themyscira – is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A., but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman, trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life." No clear reference is made to Diana or her superhero persona of Wonder Woman being a true Amazon or coming from the legendary island of Themyscira, except one vague line of dialog during a board room scene. Within the pilot's own self-contained narrative, Wonder Woman's origins appear to be without any of the mystical elements from her comic book origins.

On May 12, 2011, NBC announced that it would not be picking the project up for a series.

Reception

After watching the pilot, television critic Alan Sepinwall described it as "embarrassing ... [I]t was all I had feared, and more". Writing about the show for Flickering Myth in 2017, Neil Calloway said "it has its moments ... but it was probably dated in 2011 ... We didn’t really lose anything by it not being commissioned into a series." Lynette Rice of Entertainment Weekly commented that compared to Lynda Carter's costume, Palicki's costume de-emphasized patriotism and played up the character's Greek mythological origin. Lynda Carter herself said Palicki looked gorgeous. Kyle Buchanan of New York stated the costume, "looked less like a superhero outfit and more like a Project Runway challenge gone awry, the kind of thing Nina Garcia would dismiss by sniffing, 'Shiny, cheap, and tacky'." Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter pointed out that the costume was causing a divide, with many exclaiming it was "too trashy and too bad porn-y". After the first official images of Palicki in costume were revealed, Fox News republished a story criticizing the loss of Wonder Woman's American symbolism.

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Reception

According to The-Numbers.com, Wonder Woman ranked No. 5 in DVD sales from its release of March 3 to 8, 2009. From the total units of 106,342, it made $2,040,703 in sales. From its previews at WonderCon and New York Comic Con to its DVD release Wonder Woman received mostly positive reviews (see table).

Reviews of Wonder Woman

Reviewing Company	Comments
Rotten Tomatoes	89% Freshness based on 9 reviews and an audience score of 78%.
Ain't It Cool News	Harry Knowles gave a positive review of Wonder Woman. Knowles enthusiastically lauded director Montgomery and the surprising brutality of the action scenes.
IGN	Jim Vejvoda praised the film's humor, action, and vocal performances, singling out the "perfectly cast" Fillion.
UGO	Jordan Hoffman of UGO.com gave a positive review, commenting on the film's great dialogue and the mature use of post-feminist themes in relation to perceived chauvinism.
Comic Book Resources	Josh Wigler gave a positive review, but criticized the unexplained inclusion of Diana's invisible plane. An explanation was left out as Timm and Montgomery felt it was too convoluted and merely a pseudo-scientific explanation. The World's Finest cited a few inconsistencies but said overall it was "easily the best DC Universe Animated Original Movie title to date."
The Worlds Finest	Chris Mautner remarked, "Is it just me or does it seem more than a bit...unnecessary?". He referrers to the level of violence in the film – in one sequence, Steve Trevor is shown killing human adversaries while Wonder Woman uses extreme force, and several be-headings in battle.

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General Steven Rockwell Trevor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superheroine Wonder Woman. The character was created by William Moulton Marston and first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (Dec. 1941). Steve Trevor is a trusted friend, love interest, and partner who introduces Diana (Wonder Woman) to "Man's World", and has served as Wonder Woman's United Nations liaison.

The character has appeared in various adaptations of the comics. He has been voiced by actors such as Tahmoh Penikett, Nathan Fillion, and George Newbern, among others in various Wonder Woman and Justice League productions. Lyle Waggoner portrayed the character in the 1970s Wonder Woman series, as did Chris Pine in the 2017 DC Extended Universe film Wonder Woman. Chris Pine will also portray a character presumed to be Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman 1984.

Publication history

Steve Trevor first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941).

Pre-Crisis

As originally introduced, Steve Trevor was an intelligence operative and officer in the United States Army Air Corps who became stranded on Wonder Woman's homeland where he was a herald to the Amazons that World War 2 was occurring in "Man's World". He also developed a close relationship with the heroine. Though a military man with experience in the field, storylines involving post-Marston Steve and Wonder Woman also involved Wonder Woman coming to Steve's rescue, as well as vice versa.

Steve's visibility in comics varied through the 1970s to the 1990s, with his character either absent or sidelined in favour of fantasy and action-adventure Wonder Woman stories without romantic interests.

Post-Crisis

In more recent portrayals, and particularly since DC's 2011 reboot, Steve is portrayed as a senior government agent and super spy whose close connection to Wonder Woman makes him the United States' liaison to the Justice League. In 2013, in his capacity as a skilled government agent, Steve himself became the member of a new incarnation of the Justice League of America.

Characterization

Personality

The character was designed to be a complement to Wonder Woman's character. Chris Pine described Trevor as a "rogue-ish, cynical realist who's seen the awful brutish nature of modern civilization" and added he is a "worldly guy, a charming guy". Steve Trevor gave Diana the nickname, "Angel", because having been delirious from his injuries, Themyscira seemed heaven-like with her being the "angel" that saved him.

Steve Trevor holds the distinction of being the first foreigner to have ever set foot on Themyscira, the first man Diana has ever seen, and the first ambassador to open diplomatic relations with the Amazons. Trevor, Superman and Batman are the only men in the DC Universe to be granted honorary citizenship by Queen Hippolyta; an extraordinary feat, given that Aphrodite's Law demands the death penalty for any man who sets foot on Themyscira. He is often a primary love interest; their relationship was often flirtatious, yet they always remained steadfast friends. On occasion, Marston would place Trevor in "gentleman-in-jeopardy" situations as a parody of damsel in distress trope. His marriage proposals were often rejected, as Diana prioritized saving the world first before marriage, in accordance with Aphrodite's Law.

Fictional character biography

20th century

Golden Age

In the original version of Wonder Woman's origin story, Steve Trevor was an intelligence officer in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II whose plane crashed on Paradise Island, the isolated homeland of the Amazons. Steve Trevor was on the run from the Germans chasing him, in some versions he was chased by boat, and others by plane. He was nursed back to health by the Amazon princess Diana, who fell in love with him and accompanied him when he returned to the outside world. There she became Wonder Woman (and also his coworker, Diana Prince).

Steve Trevor was portrayed as a blonde military hero who often fought battles both alone and alongside Wonder Woman. At the same time, he was also a traditional superhero's love interest and gentleman-in-jeopardy: getting kidnapped and requiring rescuing from peril by Wonder Woman, as well as pining after the superheroine in the red-and-blue outfit while failing to notice her resemblance to his meek, bespectacled secretary Diana Prince. Although, at times, Steve has rescued Wonder Woman.

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Little Red Riding Hood is a 1997 black and white short film based on the traditional children's fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. Written and directed by David Kaplan, it features Christina Ricci in the title role.

Plot

This version of the classic children's story employs elements of black comedy. The black-and-white scenario shows the forest of the tale, and narrator Quentin Crisp is the only voice heard in the film.

An androgynous anthropomorphized black wolf, portrayed by ballet dancer Timour Bourtasenkov, tries to trick Little Red Riding Hood. He successfully eats her grandmother, and then tries to eat her. However, she tricks him and survives. She is clever enough manage without being rescued by the huntsman, often included in versions of the tale, and does not "rescue" the eaten grandmother at all; she in fact eats her grandmother's flesh as well, even after being warned by a cat. She is thus portrayed, in another contrast to traditional depictions of the story, as being less than innocent.

Cast

• Adrianne Palicki as Diana Prince/ Princess Diana of Themyscira/ Wonder Woman, the title role.
• Elizabeth Hurley as Veronica Cale, the villain.

Sources

The film bears similarities to some of the earliest versions of the fairytale, including the Italian "La finta nonna" (The False Grandmother). [add something about story of grandmother]

Reception

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