When Hollywood starts showing people like her as someone to strive for, we know a shift is taking place.
Patty Jenkins, the director of the movie that has us swooning, is the superhero behind the superhero. “I wasn’t directing a woman, I was just directing a hero,” Jenkins told the New York Times.
“I wanted to tell a story about a hero who believes in love, who is filled with love, who believes in change and the betterment of mankind.”
Jenkins wanted Wonder Woman to have softness. Showing vulnerability wasn’t anti-feminist of her – in fact, embracing it is true girl power. This is how we teach our children that anyone can be strong, and that fierceness does not mean denying our humanness.
“The entertainment and art world has shied away from sincerity, real sincerity, because they feel they have to wink at the audience … We have to do the real stories now. The world is in crisis.”
