Marvel Studios' Echo is shaping up to be the edgiest thing it's done recently, and it's not shy about letting its audience know. it dropped a teaser for the upcoming Disney+ show on Instagram, but it came with a catch: all the violent scenes were blurred out with a "sensitive content" tag.
Echo is centered around Marvel Comics character Maya Lopez, a Native American hailing from the Cheyenne Nation. Born deaf, Echo takes on the role of a superhero with the ability to perfectly mimic any action or skill she observes (she's basically the Kakashi of the Marvel Universe).
In the comics, Echo has a complex history that sees her start off as a villain before making a transition into a hero. Due to her ties to the criminal underworld and her connections to characters like Daredevil and Kingpin, her portrayal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be interesting to watch.
This might explain why her show will kickstart Marvel Spotlight, the new banner that's dedicated to shedding the spotlight on the lesser-known heroes of the Marvel Universe. Fortunately, fans of the MCU have been promised a dark, raw, and gritty show that comes with a TV-MA rating.
Director Sydney Freeland discussed the show's mature rating, stating, "Because we're dealing with a story that is more street-level, it is a little more grounded and a little more visceral. We're leaning into the TV-MA aspect of it. One of the big things when I first came on was talking to Marvel and saying, 'Well, she's a villain in Hawkeye, and to me that's the most interesting thing about her.' And their response was, 'Let's lean into that, let's explore that.'"
