Ms. Marvel Is Now Disney Plus' Highest-Rated Show
Ms. Marvel may have a hard time winning over viewers, but according to critics, Kamala Khan's origin story now stands head and shoulders above not only every other MCU series released so far: it’s officially become the best-reviewed show on Disney Plus.
Having premiered three weeks ago, Ms. Marvel has been praised for its representation of Islamic culture, the special regard for Pakistan and India's own history in the aftermath of the British partition of those two countries and Bangladesh, as well as a distinctive art style. Nevertheless, Ms. Marvel did suffer an initial wave of review-bombing for a show whose cast is mostly South Asian or of South Asian descent.
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Yet that doesn’t appear to be enough to end critics’ honeymoon phase with the series. Now, Ms. Marvel has climbed all the way to first place in Rotten Tomatoes’ rankings for Disney Plus originals with a 96% score, even surpassing Loki (94%) and The Mandalorian'stwo seasons (92%). Besides The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, all the MCU exclusives on the platform have scores higher than 90%, a stark contrast to Star Wars content, which sees the outgoing Obi-Wan Kenobi hold a 75% rating, whereas The Bad Batch (85%) and The Book of Boba Fett (66%) fall further behind Ms. Marvel.
The sole production to beat out Ms. Marvel is Star Wars: The Clone Wars' seventh season, holding a 100% score. However, the animated series was originally on Cartoon Network. Now that Ms. Marvel no longer has to compete with Obi-Wan Kenobi, the show’s viewership could be expected to go up a little. Still, this MCU exclusive might not be destined to be as popular as others.
The Ms. Marvel critic reviews must be taken with a grain of salt, as the review-bombing
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