DIsney's Ms. Marvel Episode 5 Impressions


I honestly don't know why I am still writing about this. 

I've been talking to other people and I've confirmed that the show somehow isn't for me. Despite it showing the a character with the color of my skin and sharing my religion. At the beginning of the season, I mentioned that Ms. Marvel is akin to a nickelodeon show or a CW show. The quality of writing is as such and while I was hopeful the writing and pacing would get better, it really didn't. I actually doing enjoy some zany live action Disney channel and Nickelodeon shows, but looking back on it, I never really cared about teen drama shows. So

What I do want to get into is the flashback/time travel of trains traveling out of India to Karachi. Being an South Asian American who didn't know much about the partition, it was really cool to see a western take on it that wasn't whitewashed or brown-washed. Somehow it felt kinda... just normally washed to me? To be honest I haven't seen much media about the partition, so maybe there are better stories about it. I loved the little montage of old footage the episode started off. It's not a fresh or revolutionary idea, but it helped actually gave a bit of weight to rest of the flashback portion of the episode. Having a piece of factual history helps pack an emotional punch to a the fictional story that is being told. 

My parents were born around the time of the partition but, just like the show, it's not talked about much. Or ever. And it's for good reason. I'm sure the memories were traumatic and full of pain and loss. While I disliked much of Aziz Ansari's Master of None, there was one episode that made me happy. It's the second episode titled, "Parents" and goes over the sacrifices immigrant parents had to make to assimilate into America. It hits hard despite being a sitcom. Some of the conversations Dev and his friend had with their dads were relatable. It's humorous but written well enough to still keep some of that emotional umph throughout the episode.  These types of immigrant stories help solidify the struggles our parents went through to help bring us their kids (us) the life we have. If my parents didn't decide to come to the United States back in the 70's, my life would be so much different than it is now. And to that, we are indebted to our parents because despite what any struggles we go through on the daily, we won't know what it's like to have to start a new life in a strange land. 

Now I am not one to like Bollywood movies, but the flashback to Aisha's story in Ms. Marvel was pretty well done. It's generic and typical but at least the love story wasn't too ham-fisted or contrived. I appreciated that this show finally provided a good amount of backstory and support for why two people should be together. It's funny that I am still not convinced I should care about anyone else in this show. But somehow I care about the great grandmother. 

The rest of the show is forgettable. Somehow a world ending plot is solved by putting a portal into Kamran. Not sure how that works. Also, who cares about Waleed anymore? The one man who died in this show and was merely forgotten. RIP Waleed. I will try really hard to remember your name in two weeks.

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