![]() ![]() And Gal Gadot is easily the most charismatic performer of the core five heroes Flash speaks for us all when he tells Wonder Woman everyone would back her if she killed and replaced the stiff, pompous Batfleck. The "Wonder Woman" film was by far the most successful entry in the DC superhero franchise, both critically and commercially. The Diana who is an inspiration to women is mostly replaced by the Diana who is the object of low-key sexual/romantic interest from Batman, Flash, Aquaman (Jason Mamoa) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher). The Amazons get an action sequence, but Wonder Woman never gets to be on screen with them. Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is understandably focused on her martyred boyfriend Superman (Henry Cahill) she and Wonder Woman barely speak. In "Justice League," in contrast, you hardly ever get to see Wonder Woman through the eyes of another woman or girl. ![]() But whether or not you buy his gender essentialism, the upshot was stories in which women ruled the page. Marston's vision sounded loopy in his own time, and in our day his ideas about women sound regressive. Marston created Wonder Woman to serve as a feminine archetype - or in his terms a "love leader." Love leaders were women who used their feminine "allure" to seduce and inspire both women and men to submit to an utopian matriarchy. "A male hero, at best, lacks the qualities of maternal love and tenderness which are as essential to a normal child as the breath of life." "It seemed to me from a psychological angle, that the comics' worst offense was their blood-curdling masculinity," he wrote in a 1944 article about his creation. He believed that society was too masculine, so he created a female hero who could teach women - and as well as men - how to embrace a feminine strength. William Marston, Wonder Woman's creator, was a psychologist, a visionary, and more than a bit of a crank. The original purpose of the character has been dismantled. But in Justice League, she's become just one hero in a crowd of guys. In her original comics, Wonder Woman was the most heroic, most important, most awesome person in the world. Her story takes a backseat to the heroism and reconciliation of Superman (Henry Cavill) and Batman. "Justice League" is one of the winter’s biggest blockbusters, but in the process of combining the DC Universe’s main protagonists, it makes Wonder Woman a secondary character. ![]()
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