PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 12, 2021
REVIEW: WandaVision, Marvel’s latest,
tells un-herolike story, wows anyway
By TJ REID
For the Keizertimes
Here’s a not-so-fun fact for
you: Thanks to some stupid
virus that you’ve most like-
ly heard of by now, 2020 was
the fi rst year since 2009 to not
have a new Marvel Cinemat-
ic Universe property released.
At this point it feels like the
heat death of the (real life)
universe will happen before
we get to see the perennially
delayed Black Widow, and that’s
being generous. With theaters
shuttered and the box offi ce on
life support, we depend even
more on streaming services
these days for our entertain-
ment, and wouldn’t you know
it, but Disney and Marvel had
just the thing lined up to en-
sure small screen dominance: a
plethora of cinematic-quality
miniseries that tie into their
big-screen juggernauts in ways
that previous Marvel shows
could only dream of.
WandaVision, a nine-ep-
isode explosion of style and
weirdness featuring the per-
petually second-string Aveng-
ers Scarlet Witch and Vision,
is the fi rst of these miniseries,
and it is a home run.
If the words I just wrote
mean very little to you, then
you’re probably not a fan
of the MCU (or baseball, if
“home run” was tripping you
up) and probably won’t ap-
preciate the show as much as
your nerdy brethren. But even
without the sense of duty
that many of us have to in-
gest everything this universe
has to offer, the show shines.
Creatively shot and brilliantly
acted, WandaVision manag-
es to capture the feel of nu-
merous sitcoms (why? I feel
like that might be a spoiler…)
while simultaneously fi tting in
quite well with the movies and
comics that have come before
it. Elizabeth Olsen in particu-
lar is quite stunning, seamlessly
fi tting in with each era of tele-
vision with an ease that makes
you think she has been doing
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff) and Paul Bettany (Vision) star in Disney+ fi rst addition to the
Marvel Cinematic Universe, and set a high bar for everything to come.
each “show” for hundreds of
episodes already. Another clear
standout is Kathryn Hahn as
Wanda and Vision’s neighbor
Agnes, who… well, let’s not
get into that right now.
There is an inherent catch
to this authentic fl avoring,
however; if you are not a fan
of certain eras of television
and sitcoms in general, some
moments might be a bit of a
chore to get through. I found
the fi rst couple of episodes in
particular a bit slow, as the dark
mystery that makes up the
bulk of the story takes a while
to make itself known. But just
when I was starting to get
bored of 1950s and ‘60s sitcom
antics, something creepy and
weird would happen, which
drew me right back in. And
by the time I was on episode
three, I was fully invested, pur-
posefully lame sitcom jokes or
not.
Kevin Feige, the master-
mind behind the MCU, has
insisted that the Disney+
miniseries will not be required
watching for future movies and
vice versa, and it will be inter-
esting to see how they pull this
off. Because WandaVision feels
pretty dang important to what
will happen next, and it has
already been said that it feeds
into both Spider-Man: No Way
Home and Doctor Strange in the
Multiverse of Madness. I guess
what I’m saying is, don’t trust
Kevin. Assume this show is
important to the MCU just
in case, and by the time you’re
fi nished watching you’ll at the
very least get some good in-
sights into a couple of Aveng-
ers who have been playing
second fi ddle for far too long.
Excelsior.
All nine episodes of Wan-
daVision are now available on
Disney+.
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