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 "I'm
playing Wonder Woman as someone who is sensitive, has feelings,
and cares about people." Cathy Lee Crosby, star of the
first unsold "Wonder Woman" pilot. |
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...Everyone
else this season was a hard-working, well-disciplined, and
generally virtuous hero of the old school. ACtually, hero and
heroine is a more appropiate designation, since there were seven
ladies featured in the 1974 ranks. This, of course, was a
radical departure from the male domination of previous years and
must be attributed to the growing influence of the various
women's movements. Besides a "Wonder Woman" pilot,
with its abyssmal update of the classic comic-book heroine,
there was a Chied of Detectives Amy Prentiss (Jessica Walter), a
new member of the "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie"
family... |
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...However,
1975 was not all roses for the ladies. The six-million-dollar
woman struck ratings gold, as did the four-episode "Wonder
Woman" effort, starring Lynda Carter as the original
Wonder Woman, complete with a colorful costume, Amazonian
heritage, and Lyle Waggoner as love interest Col. Steve
Trevor... |
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 NOTE:
These are only the excerpts of the chapter 8 called "Into the
Eighties" which mentions Wonder Woman but covers all series from the mid-seventies
thru the eighties. |
