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James Cameron: Wonder Woman Bad For Women
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August 26, 2017
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5:23Now PlayingFilmmaker James Cameron says Wonder Woman is a step back for women. Brett Erlich, Grace Baldridge, and Amberia Allen, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you how Director Patty Jenkins responded. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“James Cameron, the filmmaker and director of Titanic and The Terminator who’s now threatening the world with the promise of four more Avatar movies, thought and ostensibly said out loud that Warner Bros.’ breakaway superhero hit Wonder Woman is “a step backwards” in its portrayal of women.
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins isn’t having it.
“James Cameron’s inability to understand what Wonder Woman is, or stands for, to women all over the world is unsurprising as, though he is a great filmmaker, he is not a woman,” Jenkins wrote on Twitter post late Thursday night. “[I]f women have to always be hard, tough, and troubled to be strong, and we aren’t free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving, then we haven’t come very far have we.”
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Hosts: Brett Erlich, Grace Baldridge, Amberia Allen
Cast: Brett Erlich, Grace Baldridge, Amberia Allen
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