In the sport of kings known as professional wrestling, there’s a concept called “selling.” Pro wrestling’s combat is staged and its moves are designed to eliminate injury and minimize pain as best as possible, and the wrestling audience knows it, but they’re buying their tickets in order to pretend like they don’t. It’s the wrestlers’ jobs to sell those tickets by selling the impact and power of their opponent’s moves. No one’s gonna care that you got dumped off a 15-foot ladder through a table covered with thumbtacks if you just get right back up again, even though you’re a trained professional who can totally do so if you want. You’ve got to act like you’re in pain and peril. You’ve got to sell.
Is Ironheart doing a proper job of selling Riri Williams’s danger? With only one episode remaining in its short six-episode season, I’m leaning towards no.
I reviewed the penultimate episode of Ironheart for Decider.
Tags: ironheart, Marvel, TV, TV reviews