“WandaVision’s” first episodes introduced a few new things to the Marvel universe: Both an aggressive willingness to play with style, and the power of metaphor. The show nestled in close to Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) as she dreamed herself and her family into universes that looked a great deal like hit sitcoms of the past. This hopscotching through the medium made it look, for a time, prescient that “WandaVision” was the first of Marvel’s shows to launch on Disney Plus, even if that was simply by accident (Covid had previously delayed the launch of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”). This entry into television was about television — with Wanda’s adventures in the tube starting with “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and culminating, in a recent episode, with “Modern Family.” That a young woman who spent her girlhood in a war-torn Eastern European nation has broad and deep knowledge...
- 3/4/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
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