president’s ambition for more nukes places Russia on high alert, nearly causing a nuclear catastrophe. An emir’s wish to rule his ancestral land endangers his country’s water supply and leads his people to the brink of civil war the U.S. This situation is what Wonder Woman faces in WW84, a society of individuals so focused on themselves that they forget to care for those around them-her own experience of Sodom. But it also creates a world where everyone is only looking out for themselves, where no one is willing to sacrifice what they want for the greater good, leaving the less fortunate alone without the resources or know-how to survive. It’s easy, cost-efficient and allows one to live without compromise. What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is yours. To say “ What is mine is mine, and what is yours is yours ” is to live life with an isolationist attitude. Only this was the sin of your sister Sodom: arrogance! She and her daughters had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquillity yet she did not support the poor and the needy. As the prophet Ezekiel writes in Ezekiel 16:49: It is only when one understands what the sin of Sodom actually was that the language of the Mishnah becomes clear. At first glance, it seems that there is nothing wrong with simply stating, “ What is mine is mine, and what is yours is yours.” However, the Mishnah calls this type of person “average,” and even goes so far as to compare them to the people of Sodom, a city so wretched that Abraham could not even find ten righteous people there to make the city worth saving from destruction. The one who says what is “ Mine is mine, and yours is mine ” is a thief or grifter and should not be trusted.īut approach one is harder to grasp. Someone who says what is “ Mine is yours, and yours is mine ” is living in a dream world, with no concept of private property or ownership. (4) “Mine is mine, and yours is mine.” This is a wicked person.Īpproaches two and four are easy to understand and dismiss. (3) “Mine is yours, and yours is yours.” This is a pious person. (2) “Mine is yours, and yours is mine.” This is an ignorant person. There are four character types among people: (1) One who says, “What is mine is mine, and what is yours is yours.” This is an average character type, but some say this is characteristic of Sodom. Twerski translates Chapter 5, Mishnah 13: In his commentary on Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Abraham J. It’s a tale as old as time, one about which nearly every religion and philosophy has something to say. Max gets so caught up in his wealth and power that he forgets to care for his son, the one thing that ever mattered to him. Barbara may have Wonder Woman’s confidence and abilities, but in her effort to protect her new power, she loses her warmth, loving nature and Diana’s friendship. However, the two pay a heavy price for their new selves. Pedro Pascal and Kristen Wiig in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Max, on the other hand, wants to become the physical embodiment of the stone itself-with the power to grant wishes and take what he wants from others-to rejuvenate his business and earn respect. For Barbara, that person is Diana-personable, confident, beautiful and, to Barbara’s great surprise, superpowered. Rather, they fall prey to their desires and use the stone to become the person of their dreams. Neither Barbara nor Max are inherently evil. When the two stumble upon a magical stone that grants its holder anything they desire, they end up unleashing a chaotic spiral of indulgence on a worldwide scale, allowing selfish wants to overrun society. Of course, our hero cannot fight an idea outright, so Jenkins creates surrogates to spread her rebuke of the gospel of wealth in the form of Kristen Wiig’s ( Bridesmaids ) Barbara Minerva, Diana’s nervous and fidgety coworker, and Pedro Pascal’s ( The Mandalorian ) Maxwell “Max Lord” Lorenzano, a failing oil tycoon and self-proclaimed TV personality. This is the approach director and cowriter Patty Jenkins takes with Wonder Woman 1984 ( WW84 ), the sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman, in which Gal Gadot reprises the titular role of Diana Prince. They say a hero is only as good as its villain, but what if said villain is not a psychopathic clown with a penchant for scars, a master of magnetism or an intergalactic purple titan looking to snap half the universe out of existence? What if the villain is not an individual at all but a disunified collective force of greed, apathy and selfishness?
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