Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

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Obviously, my comic nerd background drew me to Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, a biopic about comics' most eccentric creators (now where's my Jim Steranko spy thriller?!), and a surprisingly touching LGBTQ+ love story. Many would consider a polyamorous relationship shocking even today even if the women's bisexuality is better accepted than it was in the 20s, 30s and 40s of the film, and yet, despite the kinky content that inspired a lot of incidents in the Golden Age Wonder Woman stories, I was consistently sold on the relationship as something perfectly natural however outside my own experience. There's kink, but real love. I'm sure the film makes ahistorical links between the Marstons' lives and Wonder Woman's tropes, but they also seemed pretty natural and unforced. My only real beef is with the framing sequence with the lady from the Catholic League or whatever it is investigating the possibility of banning Wonder Woman. While useful to bring it all together, some of her questions could be answered with "look lady, 90% of all superheroes have this trope", but instead they make it seem like Wonder Woman is unique in every conceivable way. A minor problem in an otherwise effective piece. 5 years 1 month ago