Posted on 06/30/2010 8:29:51 AM PDT by tlb
Wednesday is a good day for Wonder Woman. This 69-year-old superheroine, published by DC Comics, will don a new and less revealing costume and enjoy the publication of Issue No. 600 of her monthly series.
The costume ties into an alternative history for the character devised by J. Michael Straczynski , the new writer of the series.
Mr. Straczynski, who created the television show Babylon 5 and wrote the screenplay for Changeling in 2008, starring Angelina Jolie, said in an e-mail message that he wanted to address the wardrobe issue as soon as he took the job.
Shes been locked into pretty much the exact same outfit since her debut in 1941, Mr. Straczynski wrote. If youre going to make a statement about bringing Wonder Woman into the 21st century, you need to be bold and you need to make it visual. I wanted to toughen her up, and give her a modern sensibility.
He added, What woman only wears only one outfit for 60-plus years?
In a 2006 interview about her work on the series, the novelist Jodi Picoult said: One of the first things I did was ask if we could give her breast-reduction surgery, because as a woman, I know you wouldnt fight crime in a bustier. But I was somehow shot down by DC.
The new costume will almost certainly be better received than the curveball thrown Wonder Woman in 1968, when she lost her powers, dressed mod and practiced martial arts. It took the attention of no less than Gloria Steinem to protest the change.
Ms. Steinem went on to use Wonder Woman, resplendent in red, white and blue, on the cover of the first issue of Ms. magazine in 1972. A cover line proclaimed, Wonder Woman for President.
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I believe the psychological term at play here is “projection”.
I see your WW and raise you with a.... Power Girl(70s Version)
Me either but I did like her in the Justice League animated series.
Jeremiah was another really good one that was killed by higher ups. JMS is one sharp and engaging writer. I’ve got his scriptwriting guide around here somewhere. It is one of the few books I’ve read lately that really kept my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flG7kqJWkZ4
Mr. Straczynski, who created the television show "Babylon 5" and wrote the screenplay for "Changeling" in 2008, starring Angelina Jolie, said in an e-mail message that he wanted to address "the wardrobe issue" as soon as he took the job. "She's been locked into pretty much the exact same outfit since her debut in 1941," Mr. Straczynski wrote.If it ain't broke...
Maybe this WW scares the little girly liberal boys less than the original.
Yes.
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