Wonder Woman, Created in 1941 by William Moulton Marston, he is one of the best-known comic book characters of all time. Its creator relied on popular culture to instill a feminist message in the public. He did it in a world where everything was manhood, until this superhero arrived. In 2017, the pre Me Too, nor the director, Patty Jenkins, nor the star, Gal Gadot, chosen to bring the DC comic to the big screen with Warner, they were too interested in talking about feminism; Yet his film, one of the first with a woman at the helm, with superpowers and battling baddies, meant quite a few things in an industry where action characters and heroism were in the hands of men.
Now it is another song. Jenkins defends in her second installment that the superheroine fights against the culture of the powerful men of the system. “What the villain symbolizes are the values of the system dominated by those powerful men,” says the director, who has just signed for Disney to direct a Star Wars installment. “Those values say, nothing matters more than me and my own glory and earn a lot of money, because that is what makes me a man. People lose perspective and believe that being rich is the only way to be loved in this world, that’s why I wanted to talk about it all, “he adds.
That villain is Pedro Pascal, with an aspect that oscillates between that of Donald Trump and that of Ronald Reagan, two of the emblems of neoliberalism of the eighties. And that’s what the film is about, how to fight against the capitalist desire to have and accumulate, against capital gains and against those who are destroying the world through opulence and greed.
“One of the great themes that the film deals with is the truth, of course, but also saying enough, when you have enough, when you can be comfortable with what you have. I think that is something that affects us all, especially to those of us who live in this modern world, where we all want more, bigger, better, “said the actress Gal Gadot on the SER Network.
If the first film placed us in 1917, in the First World War, the second installment skips a few decades to reach the cold war. “I already said everything I had to say about 1917,” explains the director who insists that she wanted to do something completely different from the proposal of the first installment. “We have changed from war to the opulence of the eighties in the West, with that celebration of greed and with the villains that can emerge from there. I grew up watching Wonder Woman, so for me the seventies are the time in which I place the character, so I have been able to go further and place her in a new era “, he tells us.
Wonder Woman works in an archaeological museum in which a mysterious relic appears that grants wishes and wishes, with the counterpart that it demands something of you in return. The protagonist must exercise her heroism, not only with force – in fact, she is losing it -; but also with the iron will to do things well, something that would thrill Plato himself. And so the dilemma arises of choosing romantic love or justice. In terms of female representation, it is quite a novelty, that romantic love does not guide the decisions of the protagonist of a Hollywood movie and, to make matters worse, of a blockbuster.
“There were many metaphors to work with. I would never have said do not choose love, but you cannot have love if there is no truth. If you cheat, it is not worth it. You have to be brave with the decisions you make in your life. “Jenkins responds.
Gal Gadot She is a producer, as well as the actress of the film, who once again shows an image of a sexy, powerful, strong and intelligent heroine. A representation that generates interesting debates, inside and outside of feminism. Are you objectified by wearing a miniskirt, heels and looking hot? Can a woman empower herself using the codes of patriarchy?
Jenkins tries to show the feminine power with a beginning of the film in which a group of Amazons fight, among them, the character of Diana Prince, that is to say, Wonder Woman, but with ten years. “When I saw that scene for the first time, it was not me who was watching it, but my ten-year-old me watching a girl like me doing tremendous things and I was very moved,” says the actress.
“This is very important, because we have never seen anything like this before. We have grown up watching men star in stories, being the heroes and doing it really well, most of the time. But we have never seen girls like this. This has made me realize how we learn by watching. It’s important for guys and girls to watch this movie and think they can do a lot of things, “adds Gal Gadot.
From feminism to the most controversial issue in Hollywood right now, movie premieres on platforms and in cinemas. Warner, who produces the film, announced that it would release all of its 2021 films in the United States in theaters and in HBO Max simultaneously. In Spain it will go directly to cinemas, from this Friday.
“If you asked me a year ago, I would have answered you, no way, that is not going to happen. However, COVID has changed the world. The film has been waiting a year, it has been delayed and delayed. We have reached a point Yes, we could have delayed it again, but who knows when we could have released it. There is some magic in the idea of releasing a movie now, which makes it more relevant than at any other time, because we imagine families watching the movie together at Christmas and that comforts me, “says the actress.
The director is tougher, who insists on defending the rooms. “I think it was the sensible thing to do for our film, because we had waited a long time and we really need to release the film and I think it’s great to do it now, on Christmas holidays. I don’t know why they decided to do that all year long. They say that It is because of the Covid, I hope it is true, but it is not the model in which I believe.
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