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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I agree but what baffles me is that there seems to be a perception that WW "did it better" when WW is about as feminist as tea on the table and a nice bath ready when Daddy gets home from the office.
Of course, Gal Gadot was quiet & demure in interviews and let Chris Pine (the actual protagonist of WW, by the way) do 90% of the talking like a good whamen, and thus pleased the zeitgeist.
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I actually do think WW did it better. The whole point of that film is that success comes from co-operation. Steve Trevor couldn't have done what he did if Diana wasn't there to fight Aries and Diana couldn't have prevented disaster if Steve didn't play his part. Both characters had their flaws and weaknesses and it was through co-operation that they saved the day.
I always took that film to be one that's empowering to women without demeaning anyone basically. Diana gets judged for being a woman, she succeeds in what she does and she extends a hand to those she proved wrong enabling those who judged her for her gender to learn from their mistakes. It's empowering without having to dunk on anyone else. (Still cringe when I think about that cockpit line from Captain Marvel).
Obviously I'm a man so my insight is limited on this issue but I always thought that WW did it well in a way that would probably win over people that would have been put off by Captain Marvel's more brash and hackneyed message. You'll never convince incels but I reckon WW would have succeeded in winning over more people in the middle.