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The Queerness and Success of Marvel’s New Witchy Series
Hilarious, Moving, Shocking, Iconic, Gut-Wrenching, oh yeah, and very gay.
It seems this is one of those rare circumstances where I am not ONLY watching the media because it has lesbians (been there, done that — many times), but because it is genuinely good. And I’m not the only one who thinks so:
“Disney revealed the opening episode of Agatha All Along attracted 9.3 million views within the first week of streaming on Disney+.” — CBR
But us desperate-for-representation gays didn’t turn this mini-series (a spinoff of Wandavision) into a hit all on our own. Nor could its success be attributed to its budget, which was one of MCU’s lowest to date:
“What also helps Marvel is that Agatha is the studio’s least expensive live-action series to date, significantly so.” — The Hollywood Reporter
Its CGI is also off-the-table as an excuse because, as Brad Winderbaum (from Marvel Universal Studios) noted:
… “the show has minimal CG [computer graphics], way less than we’ve ever done before. It’s mostly practical effects, and I think you can feel it in the show.” — Winderbaum for Variety
