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title = "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)"
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date = 2021-08-18
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tags = ["reviews", "series", "series:2021", "stars:4"]
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[Wikipedia
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Summary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_and_the_Winter_Soldier): The
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Falcon and the Winter Soldier[a] is an American television miniseries created by
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Malcolm Spellman for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics
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featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter
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Soldier. It is the second television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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(MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, sharing continuity with the films of the
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franchise and taking place after the events of the film Avengers: Endgame
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(2019). Spellman served as head writer with Kari Skogland directing.
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After [Avengers: Endgame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame),
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there was the expectation that we would see Falcon wielding Captain America's
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shield, maybe in a future movie. But they did a series instead.
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And instead of picking the shield, the first thing Falcon does is give it
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away. And the constant complaining of Winter Soldier about it. And a dickhead
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that wield the shield -- just for the money, I guess.
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Ok, sorry, lots of spoilers there, but...
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Sure, Falcon gives the shield away, but he gives a compelling reason: He worked
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alongside Captain and knows what he does and what he represents and just don't
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want to step into his friend shoes, out of respect. It's not that he doesn't see
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Captain as a symbol, but he sees Steve instead. So you get what he means.
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And yeah, Winter Soldier keeps complaining about Falcon giving the shield away,
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but he's actually worried that, as Steve basically ruined his Captain America
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image to save him, if giving the shield to Falcon was an error, then saving him
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was also an error. But, instead of focusing on helping Falcon to actually assume
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the shield and take the mantle of Captain America, he just spends the time
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complaining about it.
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And sure, the government decide to make another Captain America and take some
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guy and... heck, didn't they do any psychological check if the person won't
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break under pressure -- or wasn't a dick beforehand?
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And I didn't mention, but there was a black man that was also a super soldier
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and, for some reason, was never mentioned?
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But the whole series is not just about this.
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Falcon's fear is, underneath it, the fear of what people would think of a black
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man being America's symbol. And the fact that the black super soldier refuses to
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help due the way he was treated (and hidden from everyone) represents the way
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black soldiers were treated after returning from World War II. And all that is
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hidden in the guise of an adventure and a symbol till, suddenly, in the last
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episode, the drop the gloves and all full direct, with Falcon saying things like
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"Yeah, I'm here, with the shield, and being Captain America and people will
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still rant 'cause I'm black".
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The problem is reaching that point. Things move slowly 'cause hey, you need to
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make 8 episodes for a thing that could be directly said in 2. And you can't have
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a series based on action heroes without the action.
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It doesn't mean the series is bad, it carries a powerful message for these days,
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it just have too much filler.
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