Wonder Woman takes the most nuanced view of violence that we’ve seen in a superhero movie in years.
This article containsWonder Womanspoilers.
World War I, on the other hand, was a far more complex and unfortunate conflict.
Atdifferent times in her history, Diana has been at turns a pacifist and a warrior.
Using her fighting skills to take down the means of war is a way of honoring both.
World War I was characterized by trench warfare, where millions died during long, gruesome squabbles over inches.
There is more to war than soldiers and the battlefield.
They are starving, internally displaced, and we even hear of enslavement.
The only thing missing is sexual violence.
Not even Steves group of heroes are immune from the horrors of war.
Charlie suffers from what looks like it’s post-traumatic stress disorder, decades before that term existed.
The key is to fight for our beliefs and do the right thing anyway.
Superhero movies have largely been structured around violence as a problem solving tool rather than the problem itself.
Instead, Wonder Woman contradicts that by refusing to underestimate audience.
Hopefully they will, and theyll be rewarded for it.
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