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Initech

(100,081 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:41 AM Jun 2017

Fox News Complains Wonder Woman Isn't Patriotic Enough

"Wonder Woman," which opened Friday to mostly strong reviews. But over at Fox News, some exception was taken to the superhero's lack of patriotism.

On Friday's edition of "Your World With Neil Cavuto," pundits Dion Baia, Mike Gunzelman and Cavuto debated their concerns on the so-called "un-American" turn the live-action film took. Cavuto began the segment by citing that "some are calling it less American," without citing exactly who took umbrage with Wonder Woman's lack of perceived patriotism.

Cavuto added that Wonder Woman's costume wasn't red, white and blue, and pointed out that "in order to appeal for foreign audiences, [it has] very little reference to America at all."

Baia, one of the show's guest, responded with her belief that "money" is the reasoning behind the lack of patriotism in "Wonder Woman." The panel had cited the importance of appealing to a foreign audience.

"I think, nowadays, sadly, money trumps patriotism," Baia said. "Especially, recently, I personally feel like we're not really very patriotic, the country, in a certain sense. They want these movies to succeed internationally, so they're going to dial back."

Baia claimed on Twitter that his comments were misconstrued. “Taken outta context much?” he tweeted Saturday, referencing an Entertainment Weekly article that said he was "upset."
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/watch-fox-news-pundits-upset-wonder-woman-isnt-wearing-patriotic-underwear/


Go shove your fake patriotism up your ass, Cavuto.
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Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
1. So they want a private global corporation to create movies that are "partriotic"
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jun 2017

What does that remind you of?

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
5. Seriously, I'm going to be fair and honest here
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:00 PM
Jun 2017

If your only experience with the character is through the 70's TV show then yes, it's going to seem like she's been stripped of her "American-ness"

The character has been through a slew of different costume changes over the years and like most other big name characters she's been "globalized" a bit because so many place their own views and values on her, like Superman and others.

So it's completely understandable that a generation of people familiar with a character from 40 years ago would see her that way because they haven't seen her since.

We had a really great run of comics in the last couple of years called Sensation Comics - https://www.comixology.com/Sensation-Comics-Featuring-Wonder-Woman-2014-2015/comics-series/23050

These were from a range of creators and new interpretations of the character with a lot of fun costume material, including some garb from various countries she visited and worked in. This is the Wonder Woman that the new generation knows - and is better off for it.

hunter

(38,317 posts)
6. The Fox News brand of patriotism is evil. Wonder Woman would not approve.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:02 PM
Jun 2017

The Fox News brand of Christianity is equally vile.

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