WandaVision through the Sitcoms: A Study of the Series’ Narrative Construction
Authors
Sánchez-Asenjo, AnaIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/59877DOI: 10.37536/reden.2023.5.2178
ISSN: 2695-4168
Date
2023Bibliographic citation
REDEN: revista de estudios norteamericanos, v.5, n.1 (2023), pp. 60-76 . ISSN 2695-4168
Keywords
WandaVision
Sitcom
MCU
Television
Family
American values.
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Marvel series WandaVision has been acclaimed for its outstanding rendition of classical sitcoms. It has
been considered a homage to this genre. More accurately, the references to certain sitcoms have been
deemed Wanda Maximoff’s trauma response to the loss of her partner, Vision. The present paper takes a
step further by exploring the contribution of sitcoms to the series’ storytelling. In order to contextualize the
parallelisms of WandaVision to some classical sitcoms, it will be helpful to provide an outline of the characteristics
of the genre and specific features that matched the preoccupations of American society through
the decades. Subsequently, each episode of the show will be analyzed, paying attention to diegetic and
non-diegetic elements, the plot, personnel, world-building, cinematography, and mise en scène. The different
choices in each case recall the ideals behind particular sitcoms while accounting for the evolution
of the genre and portraying the changes in the American culture. All these allusions and echoes are key for
conveying Wanda’s personal story.
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