{"id":1097,"date":"2017-04-23T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/04\/23\/wonder-woman-director-patty-jenkins-wants-to-help-a-woman-battling-stage-iv-cancer-see-the-movie-early\/"},"modified":"2017-04-23T16:33:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T16:33:13","slug":"wonder-woman-director-patty-jenkins-wants-to-help-a-woman-battling-stage-iv-cancer-see-the-movie-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/04\/23\/wonder-woman-director-patty-jenkins-wants-to-help-a-woman-battling-stage-iv-cancer-see-the-movie-early\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Director Patty Jenkins Wants to Help a Woman Battling Stage IV Cancer See the Movie Early"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every so often, the internet isn’t terrible. The latest example of social media being used as a force for good comes from Twitter, where a woman named Karyn Bradley has been attempting to help her cancer-stricken\u00a0sister see “Wonder Woman<\/a>” early. Following a tweet from Patty Jenkins<\/a>, the upcoming superhero film’s director, it seem she may get her wish.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ MORE: \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Director Patty Jenkins Says Superheroes Are Universal In Exclusive Video \u2014 Watch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Melissa Bradley has stage-IV ovarian cancer, prompting her younger sibling to start the #melswish hashtag. Through persistence and some help along the way, her plea<\/a> \u2014 “she’s waited her entire life for a #WonderWoman movie. She’s stage 4 now, #melswish is to see it,” which she directed at DC Comics and Jenkins \u2014 eventually caught the director’s attention: “Hi Karyn. Want you, and all those forwarding, that I’ve been trying hard all week to figure this out. We want her to see it too!! Standby\u2026,” Jenkins\u00a0tweeted<\/a> back at Bradley.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ MORE: Every Studio Film Directed By Female Filmmakers Coming Out Over the Next Two Years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Similar online campaigns have succeeded in the past, including for Pixar’s “Up.” “Wonder Woman,” which stars Gal Gadot in the title role, is due in theaters on June 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

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@DCComics<\/a> @PattyJenks<\/a> she’s waited her entire life for a #WonderWoman<\/a> movie. She’s stage 4 now, #melswish<\/a> is to see it pic.twitter.com\/Op4emWOuzW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Karyn Bradley (@KLBChicago) April 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Hi Karyn. Want you, and all those forwarding, that I’ve been trying hard all week to figure this out. We want her to see it too!! Standby… https:\/\/t.co\/o3VjvwNa5V<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) April 22, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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