Come Find Me when You Wake Up
Saturday, October 24. 2020
There have been several articles discussing the merits of Srt Rita Vrataski as a character. But few mention one of the subtler and (in my opinion) more telling bits of storytelling: her nicknames.
The more common one is "The Angel of Verdun," used for the various PR pushes throughout the movie as well as real-world articles discussing the character. The other is "Full Metal Bitch," used by fellow soldiers in the film and seldom acknowledged anywhere else thanks to the expletive. But that's the one I prefer to use.
See, the PR push isn't her - that's the dancing monkey stuff that disheartened Captain America in The First Avenger. She's a soldier, and a good one. She's smart, tough, and someone who the rest of the armed forces look up to. They get to give her a nickname, not the self-centered marketing department that had to fall ass-backwards into honor.
The more common one is "The Angel of Verdun," used for the various PR pushes throughout the movie as well as real-world articles discussing the character. The other is "Full Metal Bitch," used by fellow soldiers in the film and seldom acknowledged anywhere else thanks to the expletive. But that's the one I prefer to use.
See, the PR push isn't her - that's the dancing monkey stuff that disheartened Captain America in The First Avenger. She's a soldier, and a good one. She's smart, tough, and someone who the rest of the armed forces look up to. They get to give her a nickname, not the self-centered marketing department that had to fall ass-backwards into honor.