"Let me hear your pitch."
"Wonder Woman."
"Wonder who ?"
"Wonder Woman, the comic book heroine ?"
"Never read comic books, was too busy doing grown-up stuff like earning money *smirks* But please, do go on ..."
"Well, this is about an Amazon."
"The shop ?"
"Pardon ?"
"The Internet bookstore ?"
"No, Amazons, the warrior women, as in the ancient Greek myths and legends."
"Yes, King Arthur and Queen Victoria stuff ..."
"*sighs* Ok so we have this island set up by the Greek gods where immortal Amazons can live in peace and harmony."
"Greek gods ?"
"Athena, Gaia, Hera ..."
"*frowns*"
"Now, they have a queen and she desires a child, but because there are only women on the island."
"Is this a gay show ?"
"No, it's not about Lesbians, not really. It's about the daughter of the Queen of Themyscira, who is made from clay and brought to life."
"Ancient Gods, magic, I get it, it's a comedy."
"No, it's serious."
"Gods, magic, that's fantasy, the stupid funny-haha version of Syfy."
"It's supposed to be serious. So our girl grows up to be Wonder Woman who is sent to the outside world to be an emissary of peace to teach us the values of the amazons as well as fight crime and save the world."
"Busy agenda."
"She has many divine gifts, like Super Strength, she can talk with animals, has the beauty of Aphrodite the Wisdom of Athena, speed of Hermes etc."
"A kind of Superwoman."
"Yes."
"*Steeples fingers* This show has been done before ..."
"Yes in the 70's with Lynda Carter."
"No it's a lift from that other show, Xena."
"Actually you'll find that they borrowed a lot from Wonder Woman."
"Are you sure ?"
"WW has been around since the 1940's ..."
"Anyway it doesn't sound very promising. I see a lot of flaws."
"Like what ?"
"Greek Gods and all that, we have a lot of Christian sponsors ... Besides it would save us a fortune on costumes."
"But it's inherent to the character ..."
"Can't we just say she was bitten by say, a radioactive animal, a Rottweiler, or a secret government program."
"That's a lot of changes ..."
"You have to understand that audiences today like familiarity, something close to their own daily experience. I see some costume sketches ?"
"Yes, that's the character as seen in the comics ..."
"She wears a bathing suit ?"
"It's not a bathing suit, it's a symbolic costume of ..."
"And it's got the American Flag all over it. That's not going down well with overseas ratings ..."
Some weeks later.
"I had some of my people make a few changes, but we kept the essence of the character."
"The main character is a man ..."
"Yes, but it doesn't change a thing, have kept the important bits. It's about a rogue CIA agent - of Greek descent - who was given telepathic powers so that he can tell if somebody is lying ... and to keep the female angle we partnered him with a female, but wait for it ... She is a ROBOT !"
"*slaps forehead ...*"
"*smugly* You can really feel the original tone and still have something completely unique, huh *grins*"