She-Hulk (2022) Review

Title: She-Hulk
Year: 2022
Director: Jessica Gao
Country: US
Language: English

She-Hulk has to be the most abysmal entry into Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's impossible to critique because Disney has successfully politicized the show. The character herself constantly breaks the fourth wall to mention her "haters", which are portrayed as vile incels who obsessively lurk about on the internet. Do you like patriarchy? If you're against She-Hulk you must be supportive of patriarchy!

Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany)  navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered Hulk.

There is legitimate criticism of She-Hulk beyond "I dislike this female character because I dislike women." For one, the episodes seem to be written at random with no thought of the next. One episode ends with Wong as a fugitive & in the next it's completely forgotten about. Very emotionally heavy issues, such as Walters being assaulted, are laughed about moments later. Her character arc is pretty much non-existent. The CGI looks awful. 

She-Hulk tries to be cute by breaking the fourth wall and, for some inexplicable reason, openly trolling its viewers. "Not EVERY episode is going to have a cameo." (spoilers: every episode except that one is held together by cameos) You like Deadpool, but not She-Hulk? Misogynism! Ok, but Deadpool doesn't break the fourth wall solely to troll us or comment on "the haters". 

but...context!

She-Hulk's method of addressing patriarchy is creatively bankrupt. Visual media has a near endless supply of creative & artistic ways of exploring themes, messages, motifs etc. Having the character look at the camera & vent to us is insulting to the viewers' intelligence. "You need this spelled out for you." 

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