In addition to excitement about where WandaVision will follow, one of the most common feelings that hahas been on the air for the past few months it is a general state of existential dread and disillusionment that was precipitated by millions of people who had to be quarantined to combat the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.
For those who are still going to work, the material reality of having to worry about a deadly airborne virus that makes it dangerous to inhabit physical spaces with other people is obvious and easy to understand. But many that met more or less confined in their homes months ago I discovered similar ways in which being at home effectively meant living at work.
In addition to a brief mention of Wanda’s Hex being a kind of “self-quarantine”, WandaVision didn’t really touch our real world pandemic woes. But in a new clip from the next episode of the show – coming out tomorrow at Disney + –Mrs. Maximoff is channeling a very identifiable energy that is equal parts of “I can’t handle today” and “YYou are sure that I slept in the same clothes as last night.
Short as the clip isall of your Modern Family sensitivities to the way reality at Maximoff’s home fades as Wanda tries to rest points to the next episode being another significant one because everyone seems quite aware of what happened last week. What that awareness will ultimately mean for Wanda and her family, however, we will not know until Friday.
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WandaVision is now broadcasting on Disney +.
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