The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Part 1 - Who is this Sam Wilson?

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Journalist and friend of the pod Abbey
White joins us this week to discuss The Falcon and The Winter
Soldier.  We had a lot of thoughts about the show.  In
fact, we had so many thoughts that this will be a two-part
discussion.  We kick things off with our overall thoughts,
including  our love for the slice of life moments and the
amazing chemistry between Anthony Mackie and Sebastian
Stan.  That said, the show left us wanting way more nuance
on the complicated subjects it explored.

We then discuss the complicated legacy of Captain America and
explore the shortcomings of Steve Rogers as a friend to Sam,
Bucky, and Sharon.  We also discuss someone else who once
held the Captain America title (in the comics) - Isaiah
Bradley.  We unpack Isaiah's statement to Sam that no self
respecting Black man would ever want to be Captain America and
Sam's decision to take on the title.  The first half of the
discussion closes with our thoughts on whether the writers did a
good job of portraying how complicated and heavy a choice it was
for Sam to become Captain America.
 
Join us next week for the conclusion of our discussion, which
includes our favorite Sam and Bucky moments and the Dora
Milaje/John Walker social media discourse.  Abbey is
introduced to her first thirst segment and doesn't
disappoint!

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Get more in-depth MCU analysis from Kristine over at the
Marvelous TV Club Podcast.  

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