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The writer who helped Disney heroines find their inner feminist

With its script, Alice in Wonderland paved the way for more than just the sequel, above

SOME TIME AFTER SCREENWRITER Linda Woolverton proposed the idea of a live-action fairy tale based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland back in 2006, she found herself paralyzed by the weight of the endeavor. Strolling through London during a visit that Christmas, she came upon a bust of the author. “I kind of . . . spoke to the bust,” she says, a little bashful. “I asked his permission because I was feeling

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