THE BATMAN UNIVERSE

vindicates female power

“PENNYWORTH”, a series based on the Batman universe, vindicates women in its second season with strong and powerful female figures after decades of being subjected to male power in fiction.

“Historically in the Batman universe women have not been allowed to be complex. Normally the power that was granted to them only fell on their sexual value and the desire they could cause in men and Bet is more complex than that “commented Paloma Faith at a round table with Latin American media.

Faith plays Beth Sykes, a sadistic villain part of the underground extremist group Raven Society, which aims to turn the UK Government into a fascist power.

Another essential female figure who will increasingly show her development is that of Martha Kane (Batman’s future mother), a young photojournalist who will risk her life to prevent the rise of the Raven Society.

“Martha has found a purpose and is part of the revolution. She has a greater sense of herself, now she shows more about who she is. In the first season I was attached to what a woman should have been in the 60s, but she has left all that behind ”, she says. Emma Paetz, your interpreter.

The series, which premieres its second season on February 28 in Latin America through the Starzplay platform, follows the never-before-written adventures of a young Alfred Pennyworth, who is best known for being Batman’s butler in dedicated comics and movies. to the famous character.