In the end, “WandaVision” punted on its most interesting idea about grief: that wallowing in it can turn people into monsters. ADADCertainly, “WandaVision” makes the case that its titular character has suffered terrible losses. “If you won’t let us go, just let us die,” Sharon (Debra Jo Rupp) croaks after Wanda has literally choked them into silence. By the show’s end, Hayward is frog-marched to prison for trying to set free a town of victims, while Rambeau lets Wanda off the moral hook. Those crowing about the treatment of grief in “WandaVision” should remember how badly they blinked when asked to confront the emotion’s dark side.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2021 17:58 UTC