She-Hulk: How Does The Shorter Runtime Effect The Pacing?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has included television content since the earliest days, but the modern entries seem to follow certain rules that leave many of them feeling similar. Though the concept has gone in phases, the Disney Plus era of MCU shows has been the most prolific and the most controversial.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has been a hotly debated Marvel outing. Some viewers can't get past the unpleasant look of the CGI while others can't stand the show's sense of humor. The show's fans, however, love the unique legal sitcom format and the unique superhero storytelling. It's a polarizing show, but it deviates from Disney Plus's format in several ways.
She-Hulk Writer Says Marvel Wouldn't Allow MCU Jokes That Were Too Mean
She-Hulk is the first full straight-up comedy to make it to the streaming service. Every piece of Marvel content exists in the superhero genre, but they also blend in other genres to make the experience work. Most of the series are best described as action comedies. The main draw is the exciting battles or hardcore fight scenes and the writing tends to take a snarky tone. In three episodes, She-Hulk has featured one thing that could be described as an action scene, and it was basically edited out. This is obviously more a side effect of Disney obsessively cutting almost every instance of VFX to save every possible penny at the cost of their content, but it also changes the tone. The typical Disney Plus series feels closer in runtime to prestige TV, while She-Hulk's format follows something closer to multi-camera sitcoms.
The only other live-action Disney Plus Marvel series to use a 30-minute format was the show that started it all, WandaVision. Interestingly, both shows use that runtime for the same
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