No latex, no drooling, no preaching has Marvel’s Agent Carter mastered the comic book heroine?
Warning: contains mild spoilers forAgent Carter.
Sadly, both productions essentially missed the point.
Shes strong, independent and always more-than holds her own.
It comes down to, essentially, poor decision-making from the behind-the-scenes teams, we would wager.
After a long wait, though, the unobtainable dream has finally come true.
We imagine that the costume-design meetings went on far longer than the writing sessions, on both accounts.
prototype latex cat-suit, and not for reasons of costume department continuity across the MCU.
Top notch stuff, Marvel.
Rather than her body, she uses her initiative to solve problems, including some particularly ingenious decision-making moments.
Thanks to the brilliantly old-school technology of the 1940s, Peggy always has a trick up her sleeve.
And thats before we get to our favourite moment so far of Peggys ingenuity.
That would be, of course, what we can only summarise as the milk truck inspector sequence.
All the while, of course, she is scanning the trucks for evidence.
As the series progresses, were sure well see more of Peggys imaginative espionage ideas.
We hope so, anyway.
However, what it does do is handle the matter gently, and not using preachy dialogue.
c’mon take notes,Wonder Womanmovie.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly of all,Agent Carteris an excellent show in its own right.
Even with their flashes of disrespect towards Peggy, characters like Chad Michael Murrays Jack and Shea Whighams S.S.R.
chief Roger Dooley are inherently watchable thanks to some solid scripting and performances.
Of course, Dominic Coopers brilliance barely needs mentioning.
Firstly, scantily clad costume choices are far from essential to proceedings.
Read ourspoiler-filled reviews of Agent Carter, here.
