«In casting Gugu, what started out as
a movie about female empowerment became about the empowerment of women of color,» said Hart.
Not exact matches
Wonder Woman wasn't just a great superhero
movie (though it was), it had a great underlying message
about gender equality and
female empowerment.
Despite what we're sold
about female empowerment, the women in this
movie are pure fiction; stereotypical, one - dimensional characters designed as background filler in this high action male - oriented story.
This is an exploitation
movie that's far too infatuated with the idea of using associated motifs to break down conventions and, by acknowledging them, become its opposite, and yet, it is still an exploitative piece of false
female empowerment, complete abuse, revenge, and a resolution that insists self - abuse is the ultimate revenge, which is
about as wrongheaded a lesson as there is to be found in such deconstruction.
Releasing to DVD and Blu - ray, The Women invite fans to look at The Legacy (a documentary
about the 1936 stage play of The Women that became the classic 1939
movie, and this 2008 remake), and to see The Women Behind the Women (as the cast and crew explore
female empowerment, body image and self - esteem for girls).