‘The Power': How an All-Female Writing Staff Fueled Prime Video’s Gender Dynamic Flipped Sci-Fi Series
thewrap.com“The Power” has arrived on Prime Video, and it marks a somewhat rare occurrence on television: a show about and for women, directed almost entirely by women.
Naturally, that was pretty appealing to the women in it — but also to some of the men.The series, adapted from Naomi Alderman’s 2016 book of the same name, follows multiple women all around the world, as they all begin to develop a new organ in their body that allows them to not only control but expel electricity at will.
It is powerful, it awakens in adolescence, and it is only found in women.Naturally, the power dynamics of the world are immediately shifted.
Young women feel emboldened, and truly safe for the first time in their existence. But, if you’re thinking this is a superhero-esque series, you’d be a bit off.
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