Jessica Jones

we had such a great discussion today! female representation in comics is a topic i could happily talk about for hours (like... on top of the three hours we spent today). but, something that i kinda wanted to talk about that isn't super heavily tied to comic book feminism is one aspect of "jessica jones" that i feel really helps elevate it over other superhero shows. i love superheroes. but over time, i've found that my favorite superhero films/shows are always the ones that don't really follow the "superhero film" template as much as they follow other genre's templates... but with super powered characters. "jessica jones" isn't really a "superhero show". it's a neo-noir show that features super powered characters. and i love that. likewise, "captain america: the winter soldier" (my favorite mcu film) feels more like a cold war-era conspiracy thriller than a more typical "superhero film" and the recently released "logan" could easily be categorized as neo-western. that's just to say that while a typical superhero narrative does exist, recent film and television shows have begun to break away from that and so far, i'd say it's working pretty well.