Writer katherineesingh breaks down a MsMarvel scene in a high school bathroom and explains why it's so powerful. Careful, spoilers for the show's second episode ahead!
— and never feeling like she was fully either — “it put me in a very small box and it took a very long time for me to feel comfortable enough to break out of it,” she says. Seeing a character like Nakia on screen when the 19-year-old actress was younger would have been monumental.
That’s why, for Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala, this scene in the bathroom, an emotional filming day for both actresses, is really the baseline of the show. “We all feel like we're kind of , me being part Canadian, part Pakistani; in Pakistan, I wouldn’t be considered Pakistani, but in Canada, I’m not seen as fully Canadian either. So it's a constant struggle.”The themes of the show, Vellani says, are about separating labels and expectations, and becoming your own, authentic self, someone who isn’t defined by all their labels, but ultimately embraces the diverse parts and aspects of their identity. Because that’s just who they are.
Ultimately there’s power in identity. What makes this particular scene so breathtaking is the parallel between Kamala’s superpowers and Nakia’s identity, as seen through her hijab. Like Kamala’s Ms. Marvel cape, Nakia’s hijab is a similar source of power, a means for her to portray her true self and something that makes her feel special and gives her purpose in the world.
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