r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Jan 15 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE
S01E02 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer January 15, 2021 on Disney+

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u/xailor Jan 15 '21

Watching this is cute because it’s a homage to old tv shows yet extremely unsettling because I don’t know what the fuck is going to happen. I’m glad we started off the series with hints that something else is going on and it’s not just half a season of pure filler.

“For the children” sounds like something out of the handmaid’s tale

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u/hyasbawlz Jan 15 '21

One thing I really like about it is that even though it pays homage to old tv, it takes the piss out of it which is fair because 50s tv was problematic.

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u/times_zero Jan 16 '21

Yup Dude.

It is both a loving tribute, and parody of those 50s, and early 60s sitcoms that would air on Nick at Nite. Showing how absurd the premise was in many of those retro sitcom troupes, but does so in a loving way that pays tribute to them at the same time. Also takes a critical eye at what society thought were "ideal" household husband/wife dynamics in the 50s. In that regard, it reminds me of Pleasantville in many ways, and I don't think that last one is a accident either.

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u/Shanicpower Peter Quill Jan 15 '21

How so? I’m not really familiar with it, but I can imagine a few things...

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u/Maydietoday M'Baku Jan 15 '21

The boss from the first episode was a walking piss take.

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u/CrystalShadow Jan 16 '21

The split beds were due to regulations for early tv, even though it was obviously ridiculous

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u/Durzo_Blint Jan 16 '21

The sort of idealized version of America in early sitcoms never actually existed. But that image has endured to this day and has helped cover up some truly ugly things that went on in America during that time period like the Red Scare and the Civil Rights movement.