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It s a well-worn cliché that a movie or TV show s setting often acts as a bonus character like how New York City will be bravely taking Samantha s place in the upcoming
Sex and the City reboot but it s definitely true for
Ginny & Georgia. The Netflix series about a mother and daughter pair settling into a new life in a new town has drawn plenty of comparisons to
Gilmore Girls, including in its similarly idyllic New England backdrop.
Much like Stars Hollow,
Ginny & Georgia s Wellsbury is filled with quirky characters (including a flannel-shirted restaurant owner-slash-love interest), small town vibes, and postcard-perfect vistas. Unlike Rory and Lorelai s status as basically the princesses of their cute Connecticut hamlet, however, Ginny and Georgia are met with suspicion, judgment, and casual racism after moving to Massachusetts, making it a lot less cute, to say the least.
âWandaVisionâ Lives Inside TV. Just Like We Do.
After a year of pandemic life, the superhero showâs inventive premise â television as both escape and prison â is all too relatable.
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in “WandaVision,” which channels classic sitcoms to create an alternate reality.Credit.Marvel Studios
Published Feb. 25, 2021Updated March 5, 2021
Even allowing for the pop culture invincibility of anything Marvel, Disney+âs âWandaVisionâ is an odd sort of superhero show to become a phenomenon. Why, of all the comic-book premises, would America in 2021 be captivated by a story about someone escaping inside classic TV as a refuge from trauma?