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WandaVision Plays Sitcom as Horror and Nostalgia as Nightmare The first two episodes of WandaVision are a loving ode to television as a medium and to the sitcom as one of the defining modes of American television through the decades. These episodes are a treasure trove of homages and references to the genre, from an affectionate nod to Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) tumbling over an ottoman in The Dick Van Dyke Show to animated opening credits riffing on Bewitched through to the sort of integrated advertising one might have seen on I Love Lucy. The plotting itself is built around familiar sit...

"Dave" takes that old plot about an ordinary person who is suddenly thrust into a position of power, and finds a fresh way to tell it. The movie's about a nice guy who runs an employment agency and is otherwise undistinguished, except that he happens to look exactly like the President of the United States. When the president wants to sneak away for a quickie with his mistress, he is recruited by the secret service to act as a stand- in. Then the president has a stroke, and Dave is hired on a more or less permanent basis. Advertisement When I first heard this story line, I imagined that "Dave"...