Gadot and director/co-writer Patty Jenkins push away from comic book traditions of superheroines as sexy pin-ups with a Wonder Woman who’s athletic, empathetic, smart, and strong.
Watching ‘Wonder Woman’ Gal Gadot Break the Superhero Glass Ceiling
Author: Steve Ramos
Steve Ramos is a national, award-winning journalist whose advocacy of independent and art cinema has made him one of America's leading critical voices. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Boxoffice, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Movie Jungle.com, New York Magazine.com, Screen Daily and indieWire among others. In 2001, Ramos broke the story of a Cincinnati art-house theater snipping a sex scene from director Wayne Wang's "The Center of the World," which led the theater owner to ban him indefinitely from the theater. Ramos has programmed for film non-profits like 92Y Tribeca in order to bring independent film to larger audiences. He earned a BA in Philosophy from Xavier University and makes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife and son.
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Filmmaker Alice Wu returns with ‘The Half of It,’ a funny and heartfelt teen drama from the Tribeca Film Festival
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