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Marvel's newest show spoofs 'Mare of Easttown' -- and the Delco accent

Bedatri D. Choudhury, The Philadelphia Inquirer on

Published in Entertainment News

A woman wearing no makeup and a slightly messy ponytail drives down a foggy, tree-lined suburban road to a crime scene, humming to herself. Wearing a bulky black winter jacket layered over another dark jacket and jeans, she walks with her co-worker (played by David A. Payton) through a forest.

“Jane Doe,” he says. “Found her down here by the wooder.”

You’d think the HBO series "Mare of Easttown" is back. Only, the woman isn’t Kate Winslet and this Delco accent doesn’t belong to Marianne “Mare” Sheehan, the Easttown, Pennsylvania, detective sergeant.

This is the trailer for Marvel Television’s "WandaVision" spinoff, "Agatha All Along." Picking up from where "WandaVision" ended with Wanda/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) cursing her neighbor Agnes (Hahn) to live out her life as a nosy suburban resident trapped in Westview, New Jersey.

 

Each episode of "WandaVision" is a parody-homage to other TV shows, and the trailer’s "Mare" impersonation — complete with the accents — is proof that "Agatha" will play along in that style. Even before the characters give it away with their accents, the trailer’s subdued color palette with its grays, dark blues and blacks is a direct callback to "Mare’s" dreariness.

Hahn is seen living out her "Mare" life until another co-worker, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), urges her to “claw her way out” and fully embrace who she really is and has been, well, all along — Agatha Harkness, a powerful witch who was put on trial in Salem, Massachusetts. She then proceeds to put together a coven before embarking on the Witches’ Road.

The pilot episode, which will premiere on Disney+ on Sept. 18, is directed by "WandaVision" creator and showrunner Jac Schaeffer. Apart from actors who were already a part of the "WandaVision" cast — Payton, Hahn, Debra Jo Rupp — the show will also star Plaza, Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata and Patti LuPone.


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