In 1913 the Suffragette
Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King's horse and lost her
life in the name of equal rights. From then on, all was right with the
world and the two genders have been treated as absolute equals ever
since. Well.. you know.. other than the slight difference in pay that
women face. And the glass ceiling. Oh, and the shockingly high levels
of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexual objectification that
they suffer. By all means they
do have the vote now, but if somebody
dares to do an all-female reboot of
Ghostbusters then
that's where we men-folk draw the fucking line, it seems! As such,
Wonder Woman is a
revelation. It's the first big-studio Superhero movie to have a
female lead in over twelve years. Of course there was Catwoman
and Elektra before
this, however like that time I was asked to do the dishes and so
smashed them up the fucking walls to ensure I'd never be asked again,
those two films were beyond shite. It's also the first ever superhero
film to be directed by what Moonraker's
Bond would refer to with surprise as 'a woman'. Oh, and it's also the
largest budget film to be entrusted to the gender that we men have
constantly referred to as, 'darling', 'sweetheart', 'love', and under
very special circumstances, “sugar tits”.
