Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: Wednesdays With Wonder Woman

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Wednesdays With Wonder Woman

2 comments:

Jordan said...: There's just something so weird about Wonder Woman.

I'm not exactly complaining; I'm just trying to put my finger on the reaction I get every time you do this.

Maybe it's the unmistakable age of the whole concept: no matter how much modern artists cheesecake her up and shrink the costume and draw her like a modern "babe," you can't get past the basic fact that this is a 1930s concept of a female superhero. (The same thing somehow should be true for Superman and Batman, but it's not.)

Maybe it's the fact that (unlike Superman and Batman) it's impossible to get a clear fix on her personality. Batman is dour and grim (even Adam West is doing "campy grim"); Superman is like a boy scout, but more authoritative. And Wonder Woman is...an Amazon? What does that even mean? She's obviously very attractive and scantily-clad, but she doesn't vamp or flirt or behave like a "babe" (as does, say, Jessica Rabbit). Lynda Carter played her absolutely straight (within her limited acting range) and it was obviously all about the cheesecake again. Then there's that "truth lasso" (which is so 1930s). I just don't get it.; January 25, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...: I think it's the classic nature of the character that appeals to me and how rare it is when someone gets the concept right and puts out a good story involving her. She is a mess of contradictions. The animated movie they made recently and Batman/Superman Apocalypse were terrific representations of her.; January 25, 2012 at 10:04 AM

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