Much ado about a lasso

So, call me crazy, but I think there's a bit of spin control happening with Wonder Woman's casting, because it seems to me like it's in WB's best interest to shift the argument from "we cast a highly dubious D-list actress in an incredibly important part to be debuted in a movie about two guys" over to "guys are saying Gal Gadot's boobs aren't big enough, SEXISM!" And that's not the issue. It's like saying that people criticizing that Duck Dynasty guy for hating gay people don't have a valid argument because they're not using commas correctly. Yeah, I'm sure there are some people who are incorrectly using commas, there always will be, that's the internet. The more pressing issue is that the Duck Dynasty guy thinks gay people eat straight babies.

Look, I'm not shocked that WB doesn't care about Wonder Woman. I'm pretty sure they don't give a shit about Superman either, but on Man of Steel, they at least *pretended* to care. They got Laurence Fishburne to play Perry White! We had every reason to think 'hey, they're taking this seriously.' With Wonder Woman, I have a feeling this happened:

WB: Hey, you wanna play Wonder Woman?

A-list actress: Certainly. Let me see the script. (pause) Why is this titled "Batman Vs. Superman" if it's Wonder Woman's debut?

WB: Well, you see...

A-list actress: Pass.

WB: Hey, you wanna play Wonder Woman?

B-list actress: Of course! I've always wanted to play Wonder Woman, I'm such a big fan, what a role! Let me see the script! (pause) So, I only have twelve lines in this movie because you're teasing me showing up in my own film, right?

WB: Uhhh...

B-list actress: Pass.

WB: Hey, you wanna play Wonder Woman?

C-list actress: How much are you paying me?

WB: Let me answer your question with another question. Did you know that at a craft services table, you can eat *as much as you want*?

C-list actress: Pass.

WB: Hey, you wanna play Wonder Woman?

Gal Gadot: What's a Wonder Woman? And can it get me out of my crippling credit-card debt?

WB: Mission accomplished.

I'm sorry, but let's face facts, I'm pretty sure the person who most wanted the role of Wonder Woman and was best suited for it was not the woman whose credit came behind Michelle Rodriguez's on the sixth Fast & Furious movie. We're all adults here. Except for the fifteen-year-olds (don't read my porn, you guys).

Anyway, I don't expect WB to pull a Marvel and *actually* give a shit, I'd just like them to not give a shit in a fun and exciting way. You know, Big-D Director Nicholas Winding-Refn wanted to make a Wonder Woman movie with Christina Hendricks in the lead role. He's worked with Ryan Gosling a lot--I'm sure it wouldn't take much convincing to get the guy to play Steve Trevor, hang out with his peeps on-set all day and buy a new car.

And, you know, I doubt Winding-Refn is going to ask for a two hundred million dollar budget like Green Lantern and Superman got. Just give him the budget you'd give something like Jonah fucking Hex (or, more to the point, Batman Begins, since that was also done by an up-and-coming auteur director). Since you don't care, let him do whatever he wants, just as long as the movie ends with Christina Hendricks in-costume, continuing her fight against evil. Boom, you've got a Wonder Woman movie. The guys go see it because it's Christina Hendricks in a Wonder Woman costume and there's a bunch of badass action. The girls go see it because it's an Emmy-award-winning actress in an empowering role, macking on Ryan Gosling and kicking ass. Hopefully.

Yeah, maybe the thing is a huge flop, but you've still got a Wonder Woman in place for your Justice League movie and you've bought some goodwill from the audience. It's a risk, but it's a calculated risk, and you wouldn't be as openly sexist as debuting the world's most famous superheroine in a movie with two names in the title, *neither of them hers*. I'm not even asking for Wonder Woman to get the same consideration as Superman and Green Lantern (who both got 200 mil movies despite Superman Returns flopping and Green Lantern being stupid). I'm asking for her to get the same amount of love that the studio gives a movie about a fucking ex-Confederate soldier with a scar.