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The scourge of comfort TV will ruin us all. Those lucky enough to retreat from the world will bury themselves in delusions of yesteryear, streaming old shows until their existence resembles a neverending binge. Their life becomes eternal cosplay untouched by cruel reality. When anyone suggests this is not very healthy behavior, violent outbursts erupt.
This, it turns out, was sort of the story of
WandaVision: Nostalgia as a weapon, lobotomizing you senseless or bombing your neighborhood back to the cultural stone age. In suburban Westview, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) created a memory-shard version of Vision (Paul Bettany), and mind-hexed a population into her supporting cast. Meet your new neighbor: An invader, body-snatching. In the darkness on the edge of town, government officials kept running outside to stare dangerously at Wanda s red wall. Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) wanted to help. She got back-up from Jimmy Woo (Randall Park) and Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings). Th
Kathryn Hahn s character has been an enigma all this time, but the latest episode reveals more of her backstory and has us wondering: Is she really a villain?
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During the first weeks of coronavirus quarantine, I binge-watched a lot of television but not the newest Netflix offerings. Instead, I retreated into classic TV sitcoms, shows I’d grown up loving, most of which I hadn’t seen in years. (My 7-year-old has a new appreciation for
I Dream of Jeannie.) These programs were comforting during an uncomfortable period. They transported me to a simpler time.
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Life was never simple for Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), which
WandaVision’s second-to-last episode, “Previously On,” achingly demonstrates. TV sitcoms were a refuge from the relentless trauma in her life. She watches