WANDAVISION's constant attempts to ignore its own narrative give us SO MUCH to talk about when it comes to the point of mysteries, themes needing more than texture, and why baseline realities matter. Watercoolering With WANDAVISION - Ep. 3 - NOW IN COLORhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/46555836
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
Before this episode I thought it was a simulation they were both trapped in but with this and the elephant in the room of Vision actually being dead it's clear that it's her construct. Her world based on the sitcom ideals of American culture she'd have childhood tv memories of.
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Replying to @CharlieBronze
And my entire point is that this is a complete projection on part of the audience and yet it is ALSO the core motivation of the show. I think this is lazy hiding. And it renders everything important into head canon guess work.
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
What projecting by the audience do you mean? Like mine here regarding what might be happening? If (big IF) it's her construct the world is built from her hazy childhood memories of assorted American TV sitcoms shown in a foreign country. She wouldn't need a perfect copy of (1/2)
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Replying to @CharlieBronze @FilmCritHULK
(2/2) a genuine sitcom, just the texture of the ones any kid might have seen.
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Replying to @CharlieBronze
This is literally the entire point of my piece. The story is so vague it can only 1) invite endless speculation. 2) you apply it 3) because the audience application is so unspecific and forgiving, EVERYTHING is possible text. You can literally say anything right now.
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
Getcha. I'm not familiar with the House Of M and if that's being drawn on here or even if Vision is killed in the original Infinity Wars stories so projection is all I've got. Still, the conceit that all sitcom characters are existentially trapped is a good one to play with here.
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Replying to @CharlieBronze
Right but in order for it to work dramatically, it's gotta play the dramatic irony of knowing their trapped (early truman show) or watching them struggle with their desire and want (pleasantville) or actively looking for escape out (later part of both) - which brings it to same.
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It's not actually playing a conflict. Theres no agency. There's no MEANING we know is true. It just plays pantomime and then teases something and all we can do is lob guesses. We've watched three episodes and no story yet.
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