Current Events > Doctor Strange cut from WandaVision to avoid "white guy saves the day"

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AngelsNAirwav3s
05/04/21 1:34:01 PM
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https://people.com/tv/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-cut-from-wandavision-finale/

"Some people might say, 'Oh, it would've been so cool to see Doctor Strange,' but it would have taken away from Wanda, which is what we didn't want to do," Feige said. "We didn't want the end of the show to be commoditized to go to the next movie here's the white guy, 'Let me show you how power works.' "

Would have been a big improvement on the finale IMO if Dr. Strange did show up, rather than just having Wanda Mary Sue her way to victory.

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DemonBuffet
05/04/21 1:35:05 PM
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So fucking stupid

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Jagr_68
05/04/21 1:35:08 PM
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SothaSil
05/04/21 1:35:09 PM
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I feel like cut from implies he was in it and filmed and they cut him out, rather than the original script was changed

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/04/21 1:35:40 PM
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They should have rewritten it so that he comes in and ruins everything, and then takes credit for saving the day while everything is on fire or being eaten by bears. It would have been more historically accurate.

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The Trent
05/04/21 1:36:15 PM
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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...
"Some people might say, 'Oh, it would've been so cool to see Doctor Strange,' but it would have taken away from Wanda, which is what we didn't want to do," Feige said. "We didn't want the end of the show to be commoditized to go to the next movie here's the white guy, 'Let me show you how power works.' "

ok boomer

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Medz2021
05/04/21 1:36:20 PM
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DemonBuffet posted...
So fucking stupid


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R1masher
05/04/21 1:37:35 PM
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White guy

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Hayame Zero
05/04/21 1:38:05 PM
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I mean, regardless of him being a male savior or not, him coming in at the end would absolutely have detracted from the show itself. It takes the spotlight of everything they built up to that point.

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What_
05/04/21 1:38:28 PM
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No one can save anyone
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SSJPurple
05/04/21 1:38:31 PM
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Obviously there is only one solution, have Strange use magic on himself to be black then him saving the day is fine.

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AmericaTheBrave
05/04/21 1:41:01 PM
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Feige drank the woke kool-aid so hard.

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Lathissamus
05/04/21 1:42:07 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Obviously there is only one solution, have Strange use magic on himself to be black then him saving the day is fine.
thats black face tho lmao

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mech dragon
05/04/21 1:44:17 PM
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It was the right decision for the story.

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The_Yahtz09
05/04/21 1:44:33 PM
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It would have been neat to see Strange show up, but we didn't need it. WandaVision was great. I liked the finale.

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BeyondWalls
05/04/21 1:44:45 PM
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It does ruin it knowing that the commercials were supposed to be Strange trying to break through to Wanda.

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Compsognathus
05/04/21 1:44:47 PM
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Strange being a white guy is far secondary to the fact that anyone just dropping in and saving the day, would detract from it being Wanda's story. Like if Wong showed up, it would still be bad story telling.

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SSJ2GrimReaper
05/04/21 1:45:22 PM
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Doctor Strange is WHITE

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Wetterdew
05/04/21 1:45:32 PM
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I think you guys are focusing too much on what he said about "another white guy"

I actually think he's right, mainly about how this is meant to be Scarlet Witch's story. Introducing doctor strange in the last episode in a major role would make it too much about him.

But I guess it depends on how prominently he was going to be featured. Giving him a small cameo seems like it might not take too much attention from the protagonist of the series.

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Jagr_68
05/04/21 1:46:19 PM
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Lathissamus posted...
SSJPurple posted...
Obviously there is only one solution, have Strange use magic on himself to be black then him saving the day is fine.
thats black face tho lmao

Lol'd

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SSJPurple
05/04/21 1:46:50 PM
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Lathissamus posted...
thats black face tho lmao

No you dont get it. He is going to use his magic to actually turn himself black, its not paint.


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Sheiky-Baby
05/04/21 1:47:08 PM
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What_ posted...
No one can save anyone
Unless you're a small, fat girl of color in a wheel chair, and binary.
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Illuminoius
05/04/21 1:48:51 PM
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people don't even know what "mary sue" means anymore
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Mistere Man
05/04/21 1:50:30 PM
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Lathissamus posted...
thats black face tho lmao
No its black magic.

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SSJPurple
05/04/21 1:51:41 PM
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Sheiky-Baby posted...
Unless you're a small, fat girl of color in a wheel chair, and binary.

You must also be vegan

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iPhone_7
05/04/21 1:53:26 PM
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Feige should stop caring about what liberal opinion articles have to say.

BeyondWalls posted...
It does ruin it knowing that the commercials were supposed to be Strange trying to break through to Wanda.
Huh, that would have been neat.

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UnfairRepresent
05/04/21 1:54:03 PM
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"Instead of good writing we don't use characters solely due to their race." ~ People who claim to oppose racism

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anttttt
05/04/21 1:57:17 PM
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it says a lot about the posters here that they're so hard-focused on the race part and not the part where doctor strange saving the day would go against everything in the show
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Solution_45
05/04/21 1:58:23 PM
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anttttt posted...
it says a lot about the posters here that they're so hard-focused on the race part and not the part where doctor strange saving the day would go against everything in the shoe

what kind of shoes we talkin?
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Mistere Man
05/04/21 1:59:34 PM
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Solution_45 posted...
what kind of shoes we talkin?
Ed Sullivan- A really big shoe.

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R1masher
05/04/21 1:59:40 PM
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anttttt posted...
it says a lot about the posters here that they're so hard-focused on the race part and not the part where doctor strange saving the day would go against everything in the show

it actually says more about you, if youd come down off that pulpit and think about it

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SSJ2GrimReaper
05/04/21 1:59:51 PM
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Solution_45 posted...
what kind of shoes we talkin?
Loafers

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ThunderTrain
05/04/21 2:00:45 PM
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I mean there are ways to incorporate him other than he comes in and "saves the day" but that would require better writing

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Were_Wyrm
05/04/21 2:00:47 PM
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It would have been nice to see him show up in the post series scene, maybe dropping off some more books for her to read and offering to help her understand her powers more.

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Smashingpmkns
05/04/21 2:01:47 PM
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This was probably one of many different endings that were decided against in the writing room. Dumb of Feige to even bring attention to this.
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hockeybub89
05/04/21 2:01:49 PM
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Hayame Zero
05/04/21 2:01:51 PM
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anttttt posted...
it says a lot about the posters here that they're so hard-focused on the race part and not the part where doctor strange saving the day would go against everything in the show
Yeah, Feige's quote at the end was sort of jokey. Strange showing up to save the day still would have ruined everything about the show, regardless of the connotation.

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Mistere Man
05/04/21 2:02:46 PM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
It would have been nice to see him show up in the post series scene, maybe dropping off some more books for her to read and offering to help her understand her powers more.
Like I know a place you can safely practice your powers.

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sktgamer_13dude
05/04/21 2:02:50 PM
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Illuminoius posted...
people don't even know what "mary sue" means anymore

Mary Sue means female character I dont like for reasons so they def know what it still means.

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NinjaWarrior455
05/04/21 2:05:46 PM
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Peak CE taking this wildly out of context and raging about it.

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NightRender
05/04/21 2:11:10 PM
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I remember way back in Agents of SHIELD season 1 when Samuel L Jackson appears out of nowhere to save the main characters. He had appeared in a comedic cameo in only one other episode. It was stupid, undermined the stakes of the whole thing, and made any victory feel unearned.

Kudos for not doing this in WandaVision, but it has nothing to do with Strange's skin color.

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Kuuko
05/04/21 2:13:17 PM
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It definitely would have been odd if he just came in at the climax to help win the final battle. But then, he also should play a part with Wanda next. Part of the Agatha / Wanda stuff near the end was about how Wanda has her powers without any of the magical knowledge that other witches spend their lives researching. Wanda beats Agatha by applying what's apparently fundamental witch stuff that she picked up on the spot from Agatha.

So it'd be strange now if after all of this Wanda didn't go to her Avenger-adjacent friend who is the supreme expert on all things magical in the universe.

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archedsoul
05/04/21 2:16:23 PM
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Yeah, no reason to have him save the day or anything.

But his lack of presence is felt since he's supposed to be like 20-30 miles from her and their story is just halfway through.

It would have been a nice way to bridge the story into Multiverse of Madness by him coming during the after credit scene or even just him watching the final battle from afar, but feeling no reason to interfere because he knew Wanda could handle it.

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TheBiggerWiggle
05/04/21 2:16:24 PM
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Im definitely cool with him not showing up to save the day but I was still kinda let down that he didnt at least appear in a post credit scene.

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AteIierRyza3462
05/04/21 2:20:26 PM
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How lame, but thats the world these days.

Though I dont think the show needed him anyway.

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lilORANG
05/04/21 2:28:45 PM
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They realize that's what the Dr. Strange movie is, right? Better cancel him outright!
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boshafty
05/04/21 3:04:44 PM
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lilORANG posted...
They realize that's what the Dr. Strange movie is, right? Better cancel him outright!
Huh

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Tenlaar
05/04/21 3:06:19 PM
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Strange should have shown up at the very end and dragged her away in spectral chains.
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AngelsNAirwav3s
05/04/21 3:24:58 PM
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I need to go back and look at all the commercials again, that is really interesting that Doctor Strange was using those to try and communicate with Wanda inside her hex

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archedsoul
05/04/21 4:07:48 PM
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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...
I need to go back and look at all the commercials again, that is really interesting that Doctor Strange was using those to try and communicate with Wanda inside her hex
I think it was obvious since they were basically going over her life. We knew someone was doing it. Now we know it was Dr. Strange, but since he was removed, him doing it was also removed and the commercials were just left there with no origin.

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