Ms Marvel Nails The MCU's Phase 1-3 Hero Problem
Ms. Marvel has acknowledged the superhero problem that the MCU suffered from during Phases 1-3 in terms of its lack of diversity and representation. The trailer for Ms. Marvel has been released, with Marvel confirming that it will be the next MCU show on Disney+ after Moon Knight. Along with teasing the action and comedy aspects of the MCU series, the Ms. Marvel trailer also touches on the historic problem within the MCU of representation. In doing so, it also highlights how important diversity in popular culture is in the real world.
Ms. Marvel will be the live-action MCU debut of teenager Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a Muslim Pakistani-American. The MCU show will explore Khan's superhero-worship of the Avengers, especially Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, as she struggles to fit in until she gains her own powers, and becomes Ms. Marvel. The series was supposed to debut in 2021 but was delayed, presumably to position it closer to the release of 2023’s The Marvels (in which Ms. Marvel will be a prominent character). The Disney+ show will start streaming on June 8th, 2022.
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In the Ms. Marvel trailer, Kamala Khan questions whether in obsessing over superheroes and yearning to join them she spends too much time in a fantasyland. She then says "it's not really the brown girls from Jersey City that save the world." While she will prove herself wrong during the course of the Ms. Marvel series and beyond, her statement does nail the disparity in the MCU's diversity and representation during The Infinity Saga. Phases 1-3 of the MCU predominantly starred white male superheroes. Though that is comic book accurate, it's not a reflection of society and has been a big
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