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I also can’t fault the casting of Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor. Her looks, grace, athleticism, acting - whether she was in the 1940s or the 1970s, she nailed the innocent confidence, charm, and self-aware breaking of the fourth wall that I found irresistible. Lynda Carter embodied the perfect casting for a super hero for me.
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No offense to any other adaptation to the Amazing Amazon there has been or ever will be, but Lynda Carter (to whom I maintain must be distantly related … and therefore may still yet grant me the power to spin into Wonder Middle-Aged Man one day) will forever be my one true Diana Prince. This is how I see people talking to this day. Another hero in the family? I spun around playgrounds, my room and the creek behind my house, desperately trying to trigger my transformation into Wonder Boy. This was as unprecedented as Batgirl had been in the 1960s. And like many other super hero adaptations, it lacked costumed villains. I admit, the Nazi stories got old for me quickly.
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I’d cut my super hero teeth on Shazam and Isis, and reruns of Batman and Superman … but nobody ever got super heroes right for me (as the 11-year-old expert I was) like Wonder Woman.
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Not that I wasn’t already glued to the TV screen when Wonder Woman debuted in 1975, but the theme song nailed me firmly in place there for the next three years. “In your satin tights/fighting for your rights and the old red white and blue …”