![]() ![]() Stream It Or Skip It: 'Poisoned' on Netflix, A Stomach-Churning Exposé of America’s Lacking Food Safety Stream It Or Skip It: 'Demons and Saviors' on Hulu, A Creepy True Crime Doc About The "Poltergeist Girl" Christina Boyer ![]() ‘Yellowstone’ Star Neal McDonough Stopped By Police for Suspicious Activity – But He Claims He Was Just House Hunting Is 'Jesus Revolution' on Netflix Based on a True Story? Jessica Chastain Says She "Needed a Little Bit of a Breather" From Her Friendship With Co-Star Oscar Isaac After Filming 'Scenes From a Marriage' Sarah Snook Admits She Felt “So Sad For Shiv” During That Major ‘Succession’ Finale Twist: "Are You F-king Kidding Me?” Marc Maron Finds the Conservative Backlash Toward 'Barbie' "So Embarrassing": "A Bunch of F***ing Insecure Babies"Ī Tribute To Pee-Wee Herman, The Manifestation of Our Remembered Adolescent Joy However, we’re grateful for one last season next year and the possibility that they may resurface in the MCU down the road.Stream It Or Skip It: 'Physical' Season 3 on Apple TV+, A Fittingly Dark End To The Stressful Series With Jessica Jonescancelled, Wynonna Earp on extended hiatus and the underwhelming story acs for female heroines in most modern superhero series (looking at you, Titans), the women of Agents of SHIELD will be sorely missed. It’s rare for a superhero show to not only take its female cast seriously, but to actually give them meaty, rewarding storylines that keeps fans coming back for more. So, in addition to a Latina superhero, the series featured not one but two Asian-American characters (Daisy being the first Asian-American superhero in the MCU also), an African-American male lead in the form of Henry Simmons’ Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie who is the moral center of the team, and an Asian-American female behind the scenes with co-creator Maurissa Tancharoen. Melinda becomes a mentor and trainer to both Daisy and Yo-Yo, while Bobbi and Jemma share their love of science and bond over complicated relationships with their workplace significant others. They often have love interests, but they are not defined or restricted by that role. These characters are smart, funny, brave, loyal, fierce, and vulnerable. (L-R) Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Ming-Na Wen, Maurissa Tancharoen, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennet attend the 100th episode celebration of ABC’s “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images) In addition to Cordova-Buckley, veteran actress Ming-Na Wen played expert fighter Melinda May, Elizabeth Henstridge as one-half of the unit’s science team played Jemma Simmons, newcomer Chloe Bennet played the Inhuman Skye/Daisy Johnson/Quake, and Adrianne Palicki took on the role of Bobbie Morse, aka Mockingbird. The show was at its best when it focused on its array of talented female actresses and their characters. The original, as well as the spin-off series, won several awards, including a Critics’ Choice Award, a Webby, and a Teen Choice Award. In 2016, an online digital spin-off series, Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot, featured Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez (played with sincerity by Natalia Cordova-Buckley), the MCU’s first Latina superhero, in a solo mission. Ironically, the show’s first season had high ratings but mixed reviews, with subsequent seasons having improved reviews but a decline in viewership. The series premiered in September 2013, presented as a spin-off of the first Avengers film that follows a resurrected Phil Coulson (played to the hilt by Clark Gregg) who leads a team of heroes against such threats as Hydra, Life Model Decoys and the Kree. It featured a mix of brand new characters and ones who were lifted from the pages of Marvel Comics like Quaker, Mockingbird, and Ghost Rider. The ABC series is known for many things, such as its close ties to the MCU, intricate storytelling, and tendency to place diverse representation front and center long before Black Panther or Captain Marvelcame along.įollowing the adventures of a team of SHIELD agents as they cross the globe to keep Earth safe, Agents of SHIELD was a criminally underrated jewel buried beneath the flash and grit of Marvel’s Netflix shows. By Shaun Stacy 4 years ago As the first television show with direct ties to the MCU wraps up filming for its final season, we take a look at how Agents of SHIELD raised the bar for female representation and diversity.Īgents of SHIELD finished filming its upcoming seventh and final season this past week, becoming one of the longest-running superhero shows in recent history. ![]()
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