The Secret Lives of Words column: Amazons, Wonder Woman, and the sleeping giantess
By Rick Lafleur
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an update of a column first published in 2017.
Wonder Woman, the super hero(ine) of DC Comics fame, was conceived in the 1940s and has a mythic lineage dating back to antiquity. But Diana Prince, WW’s “civilian” alias, had never been the superstar of her own feature-length movie until the spring 2017. With Israeli army veteran, model, and actress Gal Gadot in the title role, the DC Extended Universe film “Wonder Woman” opened in theaters across the U.S. in the wake of controversies that had erupted over the #MeToo movement and other women’s issues during the Clinton-Trump presidential campaign.
Columns share an author s personal perspective. EDITOR’S NOTE: This an updated version of previously published column.Wonder Woman, the super hero(ine) of DC Comics fame, was conceived in the 1940s and has a mythic lineage dating back to antiquity. But Diana Prince, WW’s "civilian" alias, had never been the superstar of her own feature-length movie until the spring 2017. With Israeli army veteran, model, and actress Gal Gadot in the title role, the DC Extended Universe film
Columns share an author s personal perspective. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an update of a column first published in 2017.Wonder Woman, the super hero(ine) of DC Comics fame, was conceived in the 1940s and has a mythic lineage dating back to antiquity. But Diana Prince, WW’s "civilian" alias, had never been the superstar of her own feature-length movie until the spring 2017. With Israeli army veteran, model, and actress Gal Gadot in the title role, the DC Extended Universe film
Columns share an author s personal perspective. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an update of a column first published in 2017.Wonder Woman, the super hero(ine) of DC Comics fame, was conceived in the 1940s and has a mythic lineage dating back to antiquity. But Diana Prince, WW’s "civilian" alias, had never been the superstar of her own feature-length movie until the spring 2017. With Israeli army veteran, model, and actress Gal Gadot in the title role, the DC Extended Universe film