An Analysis of the Cultural Dismissal of Wonder Woman
whom Wonder Woman prompts to reveal that his coldness originated from learning not to rely on others . She responds to him that “ it ’ s never too late to change .” The two-parter “ Judgement from Outer Space ” follows a plot very similar to The Day the Earth Stood Still ( 1951 ), in which an alien is tasked with finding out whether Earth is worth saving . Although Diana tells the alien that she is a protector of the planet , and from a society that lives “ together . In harmony . With our living Earth ,” she must nevertheless confront whether she should be using force to stop a war . In “ Formula 407 ,” a man does not listen to her protests against his sexual advances , asking , “ But how can romance ever be the wrong idea ?” to which Diana replies , “ When there ’ s only one person with it on their mind . I believe you have a phrase here in Argentina , it takes two to tango ?” She then overtly addresses the issue by stating , “ The W . A . V . E . training manual is quite explicit on its instructions on the handling of unwarranted attentions .” When her assailant says , “ But what do instruction manuals know ? I bet there ’ s not one chapter on Argentine gentlemen ,” Diana responds , “ If you keep this up there ’ s going to be one .”
At first , Season 2 stayed true to this identity of responding to violence with the strength of love , often revealing human pain underneath . The season was also less tongue-in-cheek and more within the style of a 1970s crime adventure series . The setting was brought into the 1970s , with Diana returning to Western society�along with Steve ’ s identical son� to fight more nuanced battles , not as a secretary , but as an “ associate ” before becoming a full agent . In “ Anschluss ’ 77 ,” Wonder Woman deflects projectiles and stops a tank in its tracks , but also confronts Nazis still active in South America trying to resurrect Hitler . As the clone shouts to his followers , Wonder Woman remembers the horrors of World War II with a montage of real footage . In the next episode ,
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