Review: 'WandaVision' is kitschtastic and positively bonkers

Published Time: 2021-01-14T15:20:08.000-07:00

by Ryan Painter (KUTV)

Thu, January 14, 2021 at 5:20 PM

Updated Fri, January 15, 2021 at 7:36 PM

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Well, I've watched the first three episodes of "WandaVision," Marvel's first series for Disney+ and I can tell you that I'm not entirely sure where the narrative is going but I'm certainly enjoying the ride.

"WandaVision" drops Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) directly into a satire of a black-and-white 1950s sitcom that feels, as most of my colleagues have noted, heavily influenced by "Bewitched" (Wanda is more commonly known as the Scarlet Witch) and "The Twilight Zone." The bulk of the narrative of the two episodes sees the duo trying to fit into the comforts of suburbia. Vision wants to impress his boss and Wanda gets lessons on how to be a good wife from nosey neighbor Agnes (Kathryn Hahn). The narrative is absurd and the efforts of Wanda and Vision lead to a comedic disaster that, nonetheless, results in a era-appropriate nonsensical ending.

Stylistically the third episode sees the visual aesthetic moving into the colors and fashion of the late 1960s or 1970s. The narrative, however, picks up where the second left off. This, along with a few clues placed along the way, suggests that what we're seeing isn't real. Lingering at the edges of the story there is a secret organization who appear to be monitoring every move that the superhero couple make. The neighbors and the neighborhood are not be what they initially seem to be. What they are exactly is yet to be revealed.

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