Captain Marvel's shallow take on feminism doesn't land

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This post contains spoilers for Captain Marvel

In the pinnacle moment of Captain Marvel's final fight sequence, Gwen Stefani's "I'm Just a Girl" starts playing as Brie Larson's Carol Danvers kicks everyone's ass.

The subtext, in case you missed it, is that Carol Danvers might just be a girl. But being just a girl is pretty kick ass.

This moment — and every other one when Marvel seems to suddenly remember that Captain Marvel is its first movie with a solo female lead ever  — summons the same feelings of a modern Dove commercial. It's a cloying sensation, the off-putting suspicion that your own crushing sense of disempowerment is being exploited to sell you soap.  Read more...

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Captain Marvel's shallow take on feminism doesn't land Captain Marvel's shallow take on feminism doesn't land Reviewed by mimisabreena on Sunday, March 10, 2019 Rating: 5

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