Wonder Woman's costume was inspired by his intense interest in erotic pinup art. His vision for Wonder Woman reflected his interest in the women's suffrage movement and in Margaret Sanger, the birth control and women's rights activist who was also his mistress's aunt. He fathered children with each of them, and they all lived together. The creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, led a secret life with his wife and his mistress. And she has a secret past that's revealed in the book, "The Secret History Of Wonder Woman" by our guest, Jill Lepore. Wonder Woman is the most popular female comic book hero of all time. The new film "Wonder Woman," directed by Patty Jenkins, earned over a hundred million dollars in its opening weekend, setting a new opening weekend box office record for films by a woman director. Wiig masters the role – at first, it’s the dorky comedy star we all recognise by the end, there’s a fire we’ve never seen before.This is FRESH AIR. Jenkins finds nuance in the way visibility can both bring women power and make them a target.
She’s a shy, self-conscious woman who’s retreated into Diana’s shadow – in awe of the capable, beautiful, long-limbed woman before her. Her co-worker, Barbara Ann Minerva (Kristen Wiig), seems drawn to it. And Gadot and Pine do a fine job of selling their twinkly eyed romance, the unwritten chapters of their relationship hanging between each syllable.īut Diana isn’t the only one brought into this artefact’s orbit. Jenkins gives them space to grow together, never prioritising cheap spectacle over the chance to develop these characters. Steve returns – unaware that time has passed.
A strange object falls into the hands of DC’s Smithsonian Institute, where she’s employed as an antiquities expert.
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