SIFF 2012 #8 - Wonder Women!
So, today's offering, the first with friends, was the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines. My chief complaint is: it was too short.
It was interesting look not only at the history of the foremost comic book superheroine, but also some her sisters from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and the up-and-down ebb and flow of powerful female characters. There's also a discussion of the need for such characters, and Gloria Steinem gets props in my book for taking such characters seriously. There's also a connection with the Riot Grrrl "movement" and the rather sad fate of the term "Girl Power". There's also a more hopeful note of Do-It-Yourself at the end. Look for it, if you can find it.
It was interesting look not only at the history of the foremost comic book superheroine, but also some her sisters from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and the up-and-down ebb and flow of powerful female characters. There's also a discussion of the need for such characters, and Gloria Steinem gets props in my book for taking such characters seriously. There's also a connection with the Riot Grrrl "movement" and the rather sad fate of the term "Girl Power". There's also a more hopeful note of Do-It-Yourself at the end. Look for it, if you can find it.