She-Hulk director breaks down Jen's moving monologue about female rage in episode 1
*Warning: This article contains mild spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law episode 1*
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is undoubtedly a comedy, but that doesn't mean the latest Marvel series doesn't have something serious to say between gags. In an interview with Total Film recently, director Kat Coiro opened up about using humor to highlight how female rage is often interpreted – most notably in a moving monologue delivered by the titular character in episode 1.
In the opener, which was released on August 18, lawyer Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) breaks the fourth wall and explains to the audience how she became a Hulk. Turns out, she and her cousin Bruce Banner were road tripping one day when a Sakaaran spaceship emerged out of nowhere and caused Jen to swerve off the road. In the crash, some of Bruce's blood got into her system, leading to her transformation into a green, 6-foot-7-inch superhero whenever she's stressed out.
Determined not to let his cuz ostracize herself like he did when he first changed, Bruce (Mark Ruffalo) whisks her away to his secret laboratory in Mexico, where he sets out to teach her how to manage her alter ego. He's shocked to learn, then, when he finds that she can turn "She-Hulk" on and off whenever she pleases.
"Well, here's the thing, Bruce, I'm great at controlling my anger, I do it all the time," Jen says. "When I'm catcalled in the street, when incompetent men explain my own area of expertise to me. I do it pretty much every day, because if I don't, I'll get called 'emotional' or 'difficult', or might just literally get murdered. So I'm an expert at controlling my anger because I do it infinitely more than you!"
"I think the best way to drive things home is through humor and to not feel
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