So “The Woman King” is a forthcoming “based on real events” movie about the “Dahomey Amazons.” It’s being spun as sort of a real-world Wakanda… an African nation that fought against evil European slavers. Small problem: Dahomey made its riches by selling other Africans into slavery. That’s pretty much what their economy was based on. But, whatever. The focus of the movie is on a corps of female warriors, “Amazons” who fought for their king. How’d that work out for them? Well, there is the official trailer… and there’s this lightly modified version:
So I saw #TheWomanKing trailer and thought wow… a true story awesome… doesn't end well ladies sorry 🤣 pic.twitter.com/aqKvmww1VS
— Thermo (@NotThatThermo) July 15, 2022
What do you want to bet that that’s not exactly the spin the movie will produce…