Patty Jenkins slammed back at James Cameron’s comments on the flick being “a step backward” for women on the big screen. The ‘Wonder Woman’ director cleared the air via Twitter.
In the meantime, the record breaking heroine will come back on ‘Justice League’ and in an upcoming sequel. And we can’t just wait for it.
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‘Wonder Woman‘ director, Patty Jenkins, took Twitter on Thursday night, to address comments on the record breaking film being “a step backward” for women representation on the big screen. Jenkins says James Cameron’s criticism of the film is “unsurprising” because he can’t understand it. She also poignantly noted that “though he is a great filmmaker, he is not a woman.”
She went on to write on the social media platform that Cameron’s praise for her previous feature, 2003’s ‘Monster’, which centered on a troubled woman, should not be at the expense of a female heroine like ‘Wonder Woman‘s Amazonian Diana.
“There is no right and wrong kind of powerful woman,” she wrote. The movie star nodded at Jenkins’ thoughts by posting an image on Twitter that read “Wonder Woman is a state of mind.”
Since its release in early June, ‘Wonder Woman’ has grossed over $800 million at the box office globally. On top of that, the movie’s heroine has been embraced as a role model for young women.
With a sequel a no-brainer for Warner Bros, Jenkins is also back behind the camera in a deal that would see the Emmy nominee and DGA Award winner the highest paid female director in Hollywood, making what a man would be getting after a similar success.
In the meantime, with Gadot returning as the Amazon for the December 2019 scheduled sequel and joining a few other costumed pals beforehand in the November 17 debuting ‘Justice League‘.
“A step backward”?
Jenkins’ comments were in response to remarks Cameron had made in an interview with The Guardian on Thursday during a promotional tour for ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 3D’.
“All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over ‘Wonder Woman’ has been so misguided,” the Oscar winner told the UK paper. “She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing,” the Avatar and Titanic filmmaker added.
“I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie, but to me, it’s a step backwards.”
“Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit. And to me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female.”
The comments were all the more surprising, coming from Cameron, a filmmaker who was one of the first to empower a lead female on the big screen in the action genre with ‘Terminator‘s Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton, in 1984.
However, they evidence that male protagonists are not put on this type of “beauty” scrutiny.
Source: Wtop