Marvel's first MCU Disney+ series, WandaVision, premiered just over 1 year ago today - and this is my (slightly belated!) anniversary retrospective. The series saw Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany's Vision navigate a distorted reality, seemingly constructed entirely from a pastiche of classic sitcoms. Funny, emotional, and at times experimental, WandaVision became a phenomenon as it aired, with hundreds of thousands of viewers across the globe waiting on tenterhooks each week for the next episode and the revelations it would surely bring. However, since the episodes dropped, criticism of the show and its narrative has increased - particularly the finale, which sees Olsen's Wanda finally become the Scarlet Witch. This video sees me evaluate both the series itself and common criticisms thereof - and conclude that, one year on, the series has stood the test of time.

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My previous WandaVision video:    • How WandaVision Destroys Reality  

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Chapter 1, Pastiche and the Experimental
5:05 Chapter 2, WandaVision's Strengths
8:52 Chapter 3, Common Criticisms and the Finale
12:24 Chapter 4, Effective Villains?
17:10 Chapter 5, Trauma and TV
19:46 Chapter 6, WandaVision and 2021 (or, Story Time with Pillar of Garbage)
25:10 Conclusion

Three weeks after the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Wanda Maximoff and Vision are living an idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, New Jersey, trying to conceal their true natures. As their surroundings begin to move through different decades and they encounter various television tropes, the couple suspects that things are not as they seem. The show's supporting cast includes characters such as Kathryn Hahn's Agnes / Agatha Harkness.

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