Thinking about that Wonder Woman script. Yes it's true Joss has always had problems but even by the standard of his worst work, it's bad
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And I think this isn't in spite of but BECAUSE it was Joss' "dream project" and labor of love
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Like I totally believe that. He's one of Wonder Woman's biggest fanboys. She was his comic book idol and crush. That all comes across
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Steve Trevor in that script comes across as what Joss Whedon would say if he met Diana and unleashed all his complicated feelings on her
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It's, unfortunately, a pretty good argument for keeping guys away from female icons, not just including but especially the Genuine Fans
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Idk how else to say it. Wonder Woman clearly means something v different to girls who IDed with her than boys who liked her in "other ways"
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I'm not even talking about as jerk-off material though that is there in his script and it is gross
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I mean this whole psychosexual complex dudes have with "strong women". The weird sudden flipping of admiration into resentment
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Simultaneous "I want to put you on a pedestal and tear you off. I want to prove I'm one of the Good Ones but hate that I have to"
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Femininity as symbolic of everything good and pure and whole that he desires but can't have and projects onto his Dream Woman
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That's, like, an extremely common Male Nerd Disease. Fuck, I plead guilty
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That's why women being involved in the movie's development and the women-only screenings mattered
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Like it feels like this kind of thing is a constant gravitational pull on any male-led project to portray Strong Women
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