He’s manipulative and driven mad by power - a PG-13 version of Jordan Belfort from The Wolf of Wall Street. Our other archnemesis, Maxwell Lord, (who you may recognize as Pedro Pascal, The Mandalorian actor) has exactly the same selfish desire. Aren’t we beyond shallow stereotypes of women like this? We’re not living in the ’50s anymore. Barbara Minerva, or the Cheetah, (Kristen Wiig) plays into the stereotype of a jealous, coveting woman whose only goal is to be powerful and desired.
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This movie just barely passed the Bechdel test, which measures if two women in fiction talk to each other about something other than a man. It was the familiar plot and the over-reliance on comic book stereotypes that failed her. Putting to the side the controversy over Gal Gadot’s Israeli ties, her performance as Wonder Woman was as shining as her golden armor and glittering hair. And, cue fake surprise, her wish comes true and she gets Steve Trevor back. Wonder Woman’s separation from Themyscira doesn’t seem to matter at all: She now works as a senior anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution and her only thought is on her long-lost love, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). How does that tie into our initial moral lesson at all? Rather than facing a dilemma of truth versus lies, Diana grabbles with selfishness versus sacrifice when later in the movie she gives up her desire to defeat the villain, whose power comes from hoarding people’s wishes. I loved this scene and the magic of an island populated solely by strong, gorgeous women - but in the grander context of the movie, it meant nothing.Īlmost immediately, we’re whisked back to Diana’s present, filled with glitzy ’80s stereotypes and the weight of her loneliness.The rest of the movie doesn’t successfully connect back to the young Diana moment at all, instead relying on blockbuster glamour over anything of real depth. “No true hero is born from lies,” her aunt says as she stops Diana from reaching the finish line. She competes in an athletic exhibition against fully grown women intent on proving themselves to society, but Diana loses after taking a short cut. The movie opens with an incredible scene where we see Diana’s early childhood in her home of Themyscira.
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