Ms. Marvel Perfectly Captures The Experience of Teenage Fan Culture
The following contains spoilers for the first episode of Ms. Marvel.Often, shows and movies struggle to accurately or respectfully capture the experience of being a teenager. This is bound to happen when people who have been out of high school for at least 20 years are the ones writing the material; however, it's annoying for the younger audience who are teenagers or who have been through high school recently. Many watching such shows can feel like their experience isn't being portrayed properly.
These shows and movies often come off as patronizing, or simply so far removed from the current high school experience that they're barely relevant to the actual teenagers of today. This is especially true when it comes to addressing fan culture. There was a bit of worry that this was how the MCU's newest Disney Plus show, Ms. Marvel, would come off. Some had concerns that it would paint Kamala's narrative through the simplistic and overdone «she's bullied because she's a nerd» trope that appears in nearly every coming-of-age story. Luckily, however, it seems like the show is treating this story with a lot of care. As such, it feels much more true to the experience of being a teenager, and resonates with audiences as a result.
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Obviously, it's difficult to judge when not much of the show has been released so far. However, first episode was so heavily focused on teenage struggles over any sort of superhero element that the show's approach was very clear. Rather than recreating the kind of high school experience shown in movies and shows from the 80s and 90s, there's a much more modern and grounded feel to the show, even with all of its stylized and heightened
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