The new film, Wonder Woman, a blockbuster extravaganza, is the latest in the superhero genre, but several aspects of it are worth noting. First is the conception of Wonder Woman herself. Even strict feminists will have difficulty with Irving Berlin’s sharpshooter Annie Oakley’s boast to her male rival that “Anything you can do I can do better. I can do anything better that you.” More in keeping with the feminist principle of parity rather than superiority, and now illustrated in glorious 3D technology, is the character of the heroine in Wonder Woman who breaks the stereotype of women in action films as weaker than men and can coequal Superman and Batman in accomplishments but who views herself in the worldwide struggle for justice and truth as an equal partner of the man she loves rather than his superior. While she sometimes assumes leadership because of her superhuman power, she does not crow about it. By coincidence, some of the themes in the film...(Read Full Article)