Marvel’s WandaVision currently streaming on Disney+ has set a strong foundation for the fourth stage of the MCU, achieving a clean sweep at the MTV Awards last Sunday.
The hit show collected four out of the five awards after being nominated for Best Show, Best Performance (awarded to Elizabeth Olsen for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff), Best Villain (awarded to Kathryn Hahn for her portrayal of Agatha Harkness,) and Best Fight'(awarded to both Olsen and Hahn.)
That is not all, however, with Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (also streaming on Disney+) collecting two awards, Best Duo (awarded to Sebastian Stan for his portrayal of Bucky Barnes and Anthony Mackie for his portrayal of Sam Wilson,) and Best Hero (awarded to Anthony Mackie,) leaving the streaming service doing well that evening.
Fellow Marvel alumnus the late Chadwick Boseman won the best performance for the film Black Bottom and received a standing ovation in his memory.
The evening was an excellent display for Marvel as another Marvel alumnus, Scarlett Johansson received the Generation Award.
The Marvel series WandaVision takes place after Avengers: Endgame and focuses upon the relationship between Wanda Maximoff (Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) and their life together in Westview.
I thought it was really interesting to see the different decades – ranging from the 60s all the way to the early 2000s – and how the series was produced in the format of a show-in-a-show, with Wanda having complete control over everything that happens. I found this interesting and enjoyable to watch because the concept is quite unique (except for the influences that it took from other tv shows, mainly in the opening credits).
As the series progressed, it began to turn as Monica Rambeau blurred the real world and the world created by Wanda when Wanda began to fear her character Geraldine and kicked her out. It turns out that Monica works for S.W.O.R.D along with Jimmy Woo (portrayed by Randall Park) and a familiar face from the Thor series, Darcy Lewis (portrayed by Kat Dennings). Rambeau, Woo, and Lewis spend the rest of the series trying to figure out how Wanda created “The Hex”, (the name given to the multi-world created by Wanda by Darcy.)
Despite leaving many questions unanswered (on purpose as the finale of WandaVision crosses over with the upcoming Doctor Strange film) in the hopes of a second series, I enjoyed the series and think that it set the bar really high for the fourth installment of the MCU.
I think that WandaVision deserves the awards that it achieved because the acting in the show is incredible, especially the emotion and the pain that we witness from Wanda as she is still coping with the death of Vision, living in denial; in the fantasy that he is still with her and they are living happily together. Personally, I think that Wanda’s powers are tied to her emotions and that is what drove her to create the TV show where they end up living a happy suburban life, whilst she is taking over an entire town in the process.
By Ellie Moylan
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