Audiences have seen a surge in powerful female protagonists. These characters have been a major benefit to the world, showing moviegoers everywhere that women are just as capable of being strong, ...

From Rapunzel trapped up in her tower to legions of scream queens hitting high decibels, the damsel in distress trope is long rooted in sweet, helpless characters incapable of staying out of trouble.

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Once upon a time, a damsel sat hopeless in her tower. Suddenly, the door to her prison burst open, and a prince appeared. Before asking if she was fine or mentally stable after years of isolation, he ...

In my earliest memories of Princess Peach, she is less a video game character than an elusive goal. I must have been 5 or 6 when my parents got my siblings and me a Nintendo for Christmas: old enough ...

After kicking off Geeked Week with some small bits of Stranger Things news, Netflix returned this morning with a brief glimpse Damsel, which also happens to star Millie Bobby Brown. You can check out ...

A medieval word with a highly specific (but often misused) meaning, “damsel” describes a young, unmarried lady-in-waiting. It’s also the broad title given many a helpless heroine in Hollywood movies — ...

The Super Mario Bros movie is just around the corner, and directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic spoke with film magazineTotal Film about what they wanted from Luigi and Peach (thanks, Nintendo ...