Secret Invasion juggled a large assortment of themes for a short show.
Topics like broken families, international politics, trust, betrayal, and more were addressed throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe series’ six episodes.
But one theme the show left underserved was discrimination.
In a few instances, the series mentioned how humans’ fear of the other and tendencies toward bigotry would make it difficult and dangerous for the shape-shifting Skrulls to make a permanent home on Earth.
However, none of the characters made any significant progress in addressing this issue and the end of the series featured a spike in anti-alien hostility as an abrupt set-up for future MCU projects, possibly involving the X-Men franchise.
One of DC’s live-action TV series handled the same themes much more gracefully.
Supergirl featured anti-alien discrimination as a recurring issue throughout its six seasons, and while the storylines dealing with this problem weren’t always perfect,…
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