Should we BOYCOTT 2017 "Wonder Woman" movie just because ISRAELI actress is in the title role?

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Cognoscenti may have noted that Israeli actress Gal Gadot( due to star as Wonder Woman in next year's "Batman v Superman" movie) has been receiving her share of brickbats from the "body fascists"- accusing her of being too skinny and having too small boobs amongst other things.

Given that Ms Gadot is also due to star in the title role of "Wonder Woman"(due out in 2017), a much more serious question is whether we should boycott the film as way of showing our disapproval not so much of anything Ms Gadot has done or said but of the policies of her government( ie simply because she is a citizen of the State of Israel)?

Now I am fully aware of the argument that Ms Gadot has (or seems to have no) politiical views least of all on the recent events such as "Operation Cast Lead" and that why is Israel being "picked on" whilst other countries get what amounts to a "free pass"( ir Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Saudi Arabia) as well as the fact that I routinely watch TV shows and film dramas featuring actors and actresses whose political views are scarcely in sync with my own( ie "CSI:NY"'s Gary Sinise, "Everybody Loves Raymond" 's Patricia Heaton, "Frasier"'s Kelsey Grammer, "Shark"'s James Woods " "Law And Order's " Angie Harmon-presumably no relation to NCIS's Mark Harmon) and others such as "The Good Wife"( with lead star Julianna Margulies) whose views are not known.

Firstly Israel(unlike the other countries I mentioned) claims to be a democracy- which means its citizens bear moral responsbility for what its government does unlike those of tyrannical or autocratic polities( anybody remember the times when demonstrations against the Bolshoi Ballet to protest Soviet human rights abuses were popular in the 1970s) although not even the demonstrators claimed the performers were in a position to affect Soviet policies on human human rights?)

Secondly the argument that calls for a boycott of a film because its lead star is an Israeli woman amount to anti-Semitism because her country is composed largely of Jews is a ludicrous non sequitur to my mind. Had Ms Gadot been a Saudi or Russian citizen rather than an Israeli citizen would calls for a boycott based on the Kingdom's reprehensible human rights record( or Putin's land grab of Crimea) be denounced as "Islamophobic" (or "Russophobic")?

And another thing too- say what you will about the other countries- none is them is under investigation and possible indictment by the ICC (International Criminal Court)-as of next Wednesday the PA(Palestinian Authority) is due to formally join the ICC. It so happens that I myself have always had a soft spot for "Wonder Woman"( or atleast the 1970s version played by Lynda Carter) so I may go and see the film myself but if the axe falls on Ms Gadot's country in the shape of formal indictment by the time it comes out then I may not!

Anybody think as I do?

Terry

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#1  Edited By kyrees

i boycott a movie because i don't like the movie not because of what the actors and actress do beyond the movie

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#2  Edited By magnablue

WAT?

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Wait-what?

How does this make sense to any logical person?

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What does any of this have to do with the Wonder Woman film?

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Completely nonsensical

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Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!

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#7  Edited By Jonny_Anonymous

BJORKING what?

Placing the blame of an entire country on to one person just because the person is from there is the very definition of discrimination.

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Oh you mean the backlash Gadot is getting for tweeting and making facebook posts supporting Israel's actions against Palestinians?

World politics at its best ;)

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This stuff is out of Mein Kampfort zone. Anne Frankly, I'm not Goering to stand up for it if you get banned.

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#13  Edited By Pyrogram

That's illogical, racist, and probably hypocritical.

also, that implies Israel have done something wrong.

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@mandarinestro: How could Jew find these puns funny?...they're Hitlarious!

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#16  Edited By Veitha

Let's stick up with the boobs argument

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It's not like Gadot is an undercover agent sent by Israel or is being told to spread propaganda. That's her opinion and stance against Palestinian, it's understandable because she's Israeli. Whether her opinions align with yours or not doesn't matter. The only reasons there'd be to boycott this film would be because it's just terrible and if there's Israeli propaganda in it. Considering Zack Snyder and Gal Gadot are both jewish, but I have no idea whether Snyder even cares about Israel. I don't want to see today's politics in these movies or any propaganda.

To directly answer your question Terry, no we should not boycott the film just because the actress playing WW is an Israeli citizen. It is not fair and she has never even been a government official or been a spokesperson for the Israeli government as far as I know. She is a model and actress, nothing more. This is not a rational action.

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No that's stupid.

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@silkyballfro94: "Gadot is an undercover agent sent be Israel"

Illuminarty cumferned

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As much as i hate how political views undermine things irrevelavant to politics i could see this doing sime damage

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No. We should boycott if movie is terribel or if one or more group of people done their part very bad.

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#23  Edited By Mfundroid

So a list of different countries and famous celebrities are what I was able to get out of whatever just happened here.

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#24  Edited By Axelroq

@silkyballfro94: What she's doing is exactly that. Spreading propaganda on her new found fame as being cast as WW. Don't deny what's right in front of your eyes.

Though I don't see why people are so surprised. Most of Hollywood is pro Israel, her opinion isn't some new trail blazing piece of political belief or anything.

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#25  Edited By Cream_God

No, a lot of us arnt Zionist

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We can literally not have anything without it being a social issue.

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@axelroq: I don't really have a problem with that, that's her personal opinion. People who are gullible and easily influenced will take her Twitter/Instagram posts seriously. I wouldn't know if she's been using her WW fame to her advantage, because I don't know if she was posting pro-Israel stuff before her WW casting. She probably was.

If she posts something like a picture of WW with a caption or something supporting Israel, then that would be wrong. If in the movies, WW says Israel is good and Palestine is bad, then that would be boycott worthy.

And yes the majority of Hollywood is pro-Israel, but I was surprised that many celebrities supported Palestine during that time.

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We can literally not have anything without it being a social issue.

Gone are the times when people just went "meh, who cares". I miss the apathy of the 90's.

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Her being israeli isnt the problem. Its that she doesnt resemble wonder woman in the comics that much and from her previous acting roles i dont see how she is a good actor.

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an American doesn't support their war on the other side of the plant, they're branded a terrorist

a foreigner Supports their troops very close to their own home, they're branded a terrorist

hmmm

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#31 frozen  Moderator

Boycott every Jesus film which casts a white actor!

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This is what I DESPISE about the comic book community and makes me wish that I weren't part of it.

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Nobody thinks as you do, Terry.

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We can literally not have anything without it being a social issue.

Nope. Welcome to modern America. You also can't have your own opinion either.

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We can literally not have anything without it being a social issue.

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Unless you’re connected with Hamas, I don’t know why you’re trying to portray this view as if it’s a Western view or a majority sentiment in the United States. The United States is in a battle against Islamic terrorist and it would only make sense that the United States would support Israel’s need to defend itself from constant missile bombardment and the intelligence required for Israel to prevent planned terrorist attacks. Maybe you’re post was better off in one of the other Middle Eastern nations. Some people in the United States might consider this a good idea to boycott the film, but they’re on the Far Left; perhaps you can see what opinion Michael Moore might have regarding this matter. Should the United States and Britain be sanction for conducting and encouraging air strikes against ISIS?

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No... What does that have to do with Wonder Woman? Idk about you nerds but I'm watching the movie because we finally get to see Wonder Woman in her own movie.

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I doubt anyone boycotted Thor because Natalie Portman was in it. You know she's Israeli, right?

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Ridiculous.

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Why do you always make these political threads/blogs on Comic Vine? There are other websites for them.

I don't think I have ever seen you talk about comics.

~MiB

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I can only imagine radical Muslims or terrorists actually boycotting this film because of that. Honestly, what's wrong with supporting Israel against terrorist attacks???

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#49  Edited By serrure

No... it has the potential to be a good movie. dont see why i shouldnt go see it