When comicbook.com published an article by Matthew Mueller entitled, “Wonder Woman: There IS A Person Of Color In The Lead Role,” arguing that Israeli actress Gal Gadot was the first woman of color to appear in the superhero genre, the question of whether or not Ashkenazi Jews are persons of color became a topic of…
Christina Cauterucci is getting some pushback for a Slate piece with the headline, “I Wish ‘Wonder Woman’ Were as Feminist as It Thinks It Is.” In it, Cauterucci argues that “whatever chance ‘Wonder Woman’ had of being some kind of feminist antidote to the overabundance of superhero movies made by and for bros was blown…
On June 2, the Forward published a piece by Noah Berlatsky entitled, “Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Is White — Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise.” Below, Chloé Valdary responds to the article. I finally read the stupid piece and can confirm its pretty stupid. Like if this piece was a box of fries it would be labeled…
Because content is God in today’s media market, a Fox News panel spent several whole minutes discussing whether or not ‘Wonder Woman’ is “patriotic” enough. The “Your World with Neil Cavuto” host and his guests brought up fascinating and relevant points like: her outfit is not red, white, and blue! In order to appeal to…
Wonder Woman is, shockingly, the first film in our current decade-plus superhero moment to feature a female lead. But while the film is pioneering in terms of gender representation, in other respects it is not especially innovative. The film does include some black Amazons, and a couple of people of color, but the headline characters…
Last week, an Austin movie theater announced it would be hosting a women-only screening of ‘Wonder Woman’ and men lost their minds (#notallmen! #notallmen! #notallmen! Please don’t send me any threatening emails!!!!!). Today, Austin mayor Steve Adler posted on his website a letter he received from one of these angry men. The letter’s author, Richard…
It’s official – ‘Wonder Woman’ has been banned from the big screen in Lebanon because lead actress Gal Gadot is Israeli . The ministry of economy announced Monday that it was considering a ban but the official ban wasn’t passed until Wednesday afternoon, mere hours before the film was supposed to premiere. The ban comes…
Jimmy Kimmel does a lot of things right as reigning King of Late Night Television. He speaks out in support of Obamacare, adorably exploits children’s love of candy, and even hires writers who get themselves blocked by Donald Trump on Twitter. But something he once struggled with? Pronouncing Israeli actress Gal Gadot’s name. Last year…
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