I think it’s also worth saying that not every woman can naturally build muscle well (even some men struggle to build muscle), and I can believe pretty readily that Gal Gadot’s body type isn’t naturally muscular. Sure, I’d love to see a buff Wonder Woman–and I can try and say that’s because I’d like to see broader representation of body types for women in movies (which is true, and not just limited to buff women), but I can’t help but be cognizant of the fact that my attraction to muscular women might skew my opinion. Sure, Wonder Woman would probably be fairly buff in an ideal world; but I’m not willing to write off Gal Gadot, the actress, because she hasn’t put on a bunch of muscle which I’m frankly not sure it’s realistic for her to put on in the timeframe of this movie’s release.
There’s also the fact that even if Gal Gadot personally said “I want to put on [value] pounds of muscle!” to her training staff or whatever, I’m pretty sure a buncha DC PR guys would’ve descended on her telling her “Oh no no, you’re going to be toned, that’s the look we’re going for.”
Basically, my reaction to the whole Gal Gadot body-type controversy is that it’s the usual Hollywood bullshit, and that good movies can be made in spite of said Hollywood bullshit.
I say all this, by the way, as someone who thought Man of Steel had potential but at times was embarrassingly inadequate. But I think Zack Snyder is quite a good director; he just needs a firm hand on the story (Watchmen is his best movie. Wanna know why? Because he adhered to the graphic novel and didn’t have to try to do any narrative development, which he sucks at.) So I’m not expecting greatness, but I don’t think it’s impossible at this point, either.
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