Wonder Woman Now the world is ready for... the Wonder Woman TV series thread

[Crimson]

it might have been prudent to work up to the opening claims that women are the backbone of America

I adore Lynda but, like most celebrities, it's best to ignore anything outside talking about her career. Once she accepted that she was "Wonder Woman" for life, she became spokeswoman for a kind of Spice Girls pop-feminism that goes about as deep as "Girl Power!"

There's a direct correlation between the decline in celebrity culture and social media/these kinds of longform interviews that are no longer curated by the traditional media. Celebrities no longer hide behind mystique, but they continually prove we don't need them and never did.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

Once she accepted that she was "Wonder Woman" for life, she became spokeswoman for a kind of Spice Girls pop-feminism that goes about as deep as "Girl Power!"

Yes. Last time out with the series, I found even a few aspects of the official WW release's bonus feature a bit prickly when it came to the feminist angle:

Carter did lose me with her take on feminism. She's many things, but - despite her claims - she doesn't appear to be a feminist. In a few of the features she mentioned feeling sad because Wonder Woman hasn't had the joy of becoming a mother (and, by implication, a wife).

It's a little disappointing to see this is amped upfor the new interview, but thankfully there are chapter stops and descriptions on the Television Academy site so I hope to be able to cherry pick some highlights that with any luck will focus more on the series and less on the "deep" philosophical analysis.

 

[Crimson]

I found even a few aspects of the official WW release's bonus feature a bit prickly when it came to the feminist angle

I suppose if one is expected to talk about the same things for decades, one has to find some pretense of substance. Imagine having a job for 3 years 4 decades ago and that's all anyone wants to talk to you about for the rest of your life?

 

[Mel O'Drama]

Imagine having a job for 3 years 4 decades ago and that's all anyone wants to talk to you about for the rest of your life?

Yes. Lynda even said something along those lines to the interviewer, which I suppose is a little disclaimer that there are only so many things that can be said about that one gig.

It is ad nauseam... It's the same old story that you've told, it feels like, and you're on to the next thing.

Memory fades over time, and after fifty years most actors, I'm sure, would end up giving story recitations on a kind of cruise control, perhaps no longer even having accurate recall of many of the events in question.

 

[Crimson]

after fifty years most actors, I'm sure, would end up giving story recitations on a kind of cruise control

Actors like Victoria Principal and Tina Louise, who mostly distanced themselves from their most famous roles, really seemed to rankle the respective fanbases but it seems like the smart path to me. Fame has always seemed like one of the rungs of Hell from my perspective, but fame tied to something from decades past is surely one of the lower rungs. Having to recount the same anecdotes over and over, or trying to spin some minor co-worker disagreement into a semblance of a dramatic feud, is awfully tedious.

I listened to a few minutes of the interview but turned it off for a different reason. The thought of her mortality pains me but, at some point in the last couple of years, she really started to look and sound like an old woman. I know she's in her mid-70s, but as of just a few years ago she seemed like a well preserved late middle age. That jump to Nancy Reagan old lady (in a giant wig) hits hard.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Actors like Victoria Principal and Tina Louise, who mostly distanced themselves from their most famous roles, really seemed to rankle the respective fanbases but it seems like the smart path to me. Fame has always seemed like one of the rungs of Hell from my perspective, but fame tied to something from decades past is surely one of the lower rungs. Having to recount the same anecdotes over and over, or trying to spin some minor co-worker disagreement into a semblance of a dramatic feud, is awfully tedious.

It really does seem like the worst thing that could happen, fame and celebrity. The downside has got to be bottomless... And what's the upside: a good table at Spago's? (Is that even still open?).

Even though Victoria's & Tina's "welcome-to-my-show" motive for avoiding most interviews about DALLAS and GILLIGAN is, in their cases, above-it-all elitism, it is the right choice. We've all heard the same Southfork stories retold endlessly to the point it feels a little necrophiliacally degrading.

One wonders why the cast still play that game today -- what's in it for them, or are they just being eternally polite and good-sported?

I listened to a few minutes of the interview but turned it off for a different reason. The thought of her mortality pains me but, at some point in the last couple of years, she really started to look and sound like an old woman. I know she's in her mid-70s, but as of just a few years ago she seemed like a well preserved late middle age. That jump to Nancy Reagan old lady (in a giant wig) hits hard.

Libra Rising vocal trill. It's why Jaclyn Smith could never play Jackie O.