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11. There's Humour

Patty Jenkins was very clear that she wants to ensure that humour was still part of the story, despite the fact that it's set in World War I with some obviously grim scenes.

She believes that reality has both starkness and comedy:

"I’ve had tragedy in my life and it doesn’t stop comedy, so I think it’s important to do both. Particularly in a superhero movie, but in any movie that accesses all people. Nobody wants to be abused for two hours. I think entertainment is ebb and flow. I actually came up in comedy around comedians; I thought I would be a comic director and then I got the opportunity to make a serious movie and it went that way."

She says that casting plays a major part in establishing the right basis for humour:

"It’s one of the things I love about superhero movies, is that they have both, and then casting really funny people and making scenes not disrespectful, so you’re like, “Okay, good. Chris Pine is hilarious. But when the moment comes, Chris Pine is a great dramatic actor. So having somebody who can be both. She is hilarious, by the way. They’re both really funny. But having a character who can be a real person that has both sides and taking them on a journey where it’s not serious yet—it’s funny and they’re having fun—that’s kind of perfect. So I don’t feel like we went camp in a way that then contradicted it. I felt like we were making a straightforward film that was funny in parts and then got serious in others."

And that will obviously affect the overall tone of the movie. So too will the story's preoccupation with compassion, which is a major narrative device in Diana's arc as she's motivated by a quest for peace and a symbol of justice and peace. That's markedly different to the attempt in the other