Oh, I totally agree with you. She's an iconic character, and it would piss people off for no good reason. It'd be one thing if she were a character you could easily reboot (Blue Beetle), but she's the female equivalent of Superman. I think it would be just as unnecessary to give her a blond Power Girl bob or to completely change her costume.
On Nov 10, 12:09 pm, "Michael Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I think you hit the nail on the head about why people would have such an > issue with this. There would be an uproar over an African-American woman > being cast in the role of Wonder Woman and quite frankly I don't think most > of the people who would have a problem would be bigots or racists. The > character has a nearly seventy year history of being white and there would > be some serious opposition if the casting went another way. Is that right? > I really don't know. I mean I don't give a rip what your skin color is or > what God you worship or who you want to spend the bed time lovin' with and > my knee jerk reaction is that you should stick to what is on the page > because if the roles were reversed and they wanted to cast a white actress > to play Storm there would be an uproar. I think such a thing works both > ways. > > Can you cast against type? Sure, Michael Clarke Duncan made a great > Kingpin, but I think there is a difference between a villain from Daredevil > and Spider-Man that the vast majority of civilians have never heard of and > Wonder Woman, who has been in the public eye on television for nearly forty > years now. There is a perception of what the character looks like and I > think that is where the problem lies. > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Erika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think that depends on who is drawing her. Personally, I don't like a > > flat-bottomed WW with outrageous boobs. I think she looks best when > > she is full up top without looking like a porn star AND has a curvy > > bum. If she is supposed to be the feminine ideal, that would be my > > definition. Beyonce is gorgeous and I would looove to have her body, > > but (a) She's not a very good actress and (b) she would have to be for > > people to get past the fact that WW has always been white. > > > On Nov 10, 8:33 am, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No, I'm not kidding. I would never joke about such serious matters. > > > Again, not trying to be sexist or racist, but she does not have enough > > > up top and too much at the bottom for a good Wonder Woman. > > > > E > > > > On Nov 10, 8:27 am, "Todd Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Are you kidding me? She is smoking hot and has curves on her curves. > > I > > > > just want to see her dress as Wonder Woman for Halloween. > > > > > ----------------------------- > > > > Todd Elliott > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/11/09/beyonce-wants-to-be-wonder-woman... > > > > > > Ok, please don't take thess words in the wrong way because I have no > > > > > intention of being racist and/or sexist, just honest. > > > > > I think Beyonce is smokin hot but I don't think she should play > > Wonder > > > > > Woman. So far, every female that has been set as a rumor to play > > > > > Wonder Woman has been terribly wrong. None of them, so far, has the > > > > > curves that Wonder Woman should have. If I were to see Wonder Woman > > on > > > > > the big screen, I want to see a female with a closer shaped body that > > > > > is drawn in the comics. To me, even though in retrospect the show > > > > > sucked, Linda Carter was the perfect Wonder Woman. She was absolutely > > > > > gorgeous and had the exact, perfectly curved body that fit the > > > > > character. > > > > > They need to find an unknown that is closest to the comic character > > as > > > > > they can. > > > > > > E > > -- > This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist > > Hey, I have a podcast > > http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com > > Hey, I have a comic book blog. > > http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com > > Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek > > http://www.theuniquegeek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
