wonderwoman continued
Today's response will be on "The Last Amazon" by Jill Lepore, "Genesis: Departing from Paradise" by Lillian S. Robinson, and "Wonder Woman: Bondage and Liberation" by Ben Saunders.
Upon my readings, I was very interested in discovering not only the fictional elements that create Wonderwoman, but the mythological and biblical elements as well. In "Genesis: Departing from Paradise", Robinson states that William Moulton utilized stories of the bible such as Genesis in creating Wonderwoman, for the creation of the Amazonian women using clay mirror the creation of man out of earth.
"The Last Amazon" by Jill Lepore interested me because it made me think about a modern day Wonderwoman and how important the women suffrage movements at the time were when she came out compare to now. Where would she fit in? And who would play her? I agree with Moulton's oldest sons comment where he said Jennifer Lawrence would have played a good Wonderwoman. In terms of women's rights, Jennifer Lawrence is iconic from Hunger Games and already represents progressive ideals of what a women should be. She would have been an ideal fit. Gal Godot, according to the article, is going to play the new Wonder Woman. I looked up a picture of her and she looks really pretty but super petite. I guess I'll have to see how it looks when it comes out, but when she was confronted with the question of her not necessarily fitting the part because she is not large with 'big breasts', she returned with a historically factual response about Amazonians and that they actually only had one breast. I thought that was awesome and actually made me have more respect for her as someone to play Wonder Woman, a feminist pushing what is and asking what if.
The articles also mentioned the idea of Wonderwoman being someone more nurturing and healing rather than war centered. It also delved into ideas of Wonderwoman invites us to consider sexuality and bondage as something sacred. The mythos and sexuality of Wonderwoman defends feminist ideals but, as Lepore mentions, may be hard to capture on today's Hollywood screen. Captain America was frozen and brought back to present day, but it was said it won't likely be the case for Wonderwoman. I am eager to see what they do with her storyline and if the fact that she is so petite will make the Amazonian woman of wonder concept seem just a little too unbelievable.
Upon my readings, I was very interested in discovering not only the fictional elements that create Wonderwoman, but the mythological and biblical elements as well. In "Genesis: Departing from Paradise", Robinson states that William Moulton utilized stories of the bible such as Genesis in creating Wonderwoman, for the creation of the Amazonian women using clay mirror the creation of man out of earth.
"The Last Amazon" by Jill Lepore interested me because it made me think about a modern day Wonderwoman and how important the women suffrage movements at the time were when she came out compare to now. Where would she fit in? And who would play her? I agree with Moulton's oldest sons comment where he said Jennifer Lawrence would have played a good Wonderwoman. In terms of women's rights, Jennifer Lawrence is iconic from Hunger Games and already represents progressive ideals of what a women should be. She would have been an ideal fit. Gal Godot, according to the article, is going to play the new Wonder Woman. I looked up a picture of her and she looks really pretty but super petite. I guess I'll have to see how it looks when it comes out, but when she was confronted with the question of her not necessarily fitting the part because she is not large with 'big breasts', she returned with a historically factual response about Amazonians and that they actually only had one breast. I thought that was awesome and actually made me have more respect for her as someone to play Wonder Woman, a feminist pushing what is and asking what if.
The articles also mentioned the idea of Wonderwoman being someone more nurturing and healing rather than war centered. It also delved into ideas of Wonderwoman invites us to consider sexuality and bondage as something sacred. The mythos and sexuality of Wonderwoman defends feminist ideals but, as Lepore mentions, may be hard to capture on today's Hollywood screen. Captain America was frozen and brought back to present day, but it was said it won't likely be the case for Wonderwoman. I am eager to see what they do with her storyline and if the fact that she is so petite will make the Amazonian woman of wonder concept seem just a little too unbelievable.