The number of reviews worrying that Marvel Fans Don't Know Sitcoms is irritating the shit out of me, because it once again assumes the only real MCU fans are, to be blunt, white boys who imprinted on superhero comic books when they were eight years old and never stopped.
What those #Wandavision reviews are actually saying is "my concern about this show is that it doesn't consider the stereotypical comic book fan to be the center of the audience, it is prioritizing other viewers"- and even THAT assumes stereotypical comic fans don't have layers!
Fans can say that the MCU works because it's not just superheroes, it's mashing of Punch Stuff Superheroism with different genres- but then you have to believe that the other genres matter too, or else you're just gatekeeping and it's exhausting.
FWIW: I imprinted on Nick at Night as a kid and didn't care about superheroes til about 9 years ago.

And I really wish there were more sites about superhero media from people who didn't live and breathe them since infancy, because them constantly counting us out sucks.
Also a bunch of those reviews are missing the nuances between 50s and 60s sitcoms and basically bragging about it.

I have so many friends who are media-savvy in ways that aren't exclusively that sliver of nerd culture. I want THEIR reviews. >:(
I'm annoyed because @brettwhite's review brings up a bunch of interesting ways the use of sitcom tropes aid what the show is doing, and THAT'S what I want to read right now, not "why are they spending time on weird jokes" or "will superhero fans even care about this reference"
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