The Marvel series “Echo” — which debuted its inaugural trailer on Friday and premieres on Jan. 10 — contains several firsts for the company. It’s the first Marvel Studios production that will debut simultaneously on Disney+ and Hulu, the first that will have every episode available to binge at once and the first that will be rated TV-MA. And most importantly to director and executive producer Sydney Freeland (“Reservation Dogs”), it is the first superhero series ever to center on a deaf and a Native American character: Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), who made her debut in the 2021 series “Hawkeye.”
[Whatevs. Until Marvel writes a left-handed lesbian Laplander with liver spots into the MCU, they clearly remain a bunch of bigots who have not yet repented for their 150 years of privilege, or something. You know what would be a first for the MCU? A movie without a bunch of silly virtue-signaling that offered an original thought. — Ed]
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