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32 C I N E M O N T A G E Webber said. "They trust the editorial staff implicitly with what they do, and it's not often that a studio will do that and let creative people be creative." And, while "WandaVision" is firmly entrenched in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the editors say that an ency- clopedic knowledge of the MCU is not required to enjoy the show. "It does stand on its own, and you don't need to know the Marvel lore to really understand the emotional journey of these characters," Roche said. "Anybody can watch this; anybody can relate to it." Though it helps if you've seen a re-run or two of one of those classic sitcoms of decades gone by. "A lot of people look at Marvel and they go, 'Oh my God, it's comic books. I'm not into comic books," Foscato said. "I'm a kid of the '60s. It was 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' Lucille Ball's show, and all of those shows that you would see on re-runs that were just constant. There was no cable TV, so that's what we got to watch. It was really fun to kind of go through the ages." ■ Peter Tonguette, a frequent CineMontage contributor, is a freelance writer who specializes in film and television. C O V E R S T O R Y 'A lot of people look at Marvel and they go, 'Oh my God, it's comic books. I'm not into comic books.'' continued to work on site in a room in which only one additional person was permitted; eventually, that changed and no one else was allowed to work with Dupre in-person. "In the beginning, I'd go up for playbacks, just to make sure I was hearing what she was hearing," Whittle said. "That was sort of the biggest wild card in the whole pandemic, work-from- home thing: I have my set-up at home, and I know what it sounds like, but I have no idea what Kim's sounds like, I have no idea what anybody else's sounds like." Y e t t h e r e w e r e a d v a n t a g e s t o listening to the mix in less-than-ideal cir- cumstances. "I think having to do some reviews on headphones really helped the mix, actually," Orlando said. "Most people listen to stuff in stereo still and a lot on headphones. It informed the mix and sounds I would cut so things would play better on smaller speakers." Despite the challenges of working from home, Webber praises Marvel Stu- dios for assembling a winning team and allowing them to think creatively while bringing to life a show that was, in effect, several shows rolled into one. "We're blessed that Marvel knows how to put a very good crew together," Tim Roche. P H O T O : M A R K E D W A R D S