The Marvel Cinematic Universe is not often associated with a sense of place, unless the place in question is a green-screened soundstage in Atlanta or London. (There are exceptions, like the recently revived, New York-set “Daredevil,” but they’re not the norm.) The best thing “Ironheart,” the MCU’s latest Disney+ show, has going for it is precisely the spatial specificity so many of its predecessors lack. Before the six-episode season gets bogged down late in its run with competing genre elements and fantastical lore, “Ironheart” is a show about Chicago — specifically, the city’s predominantly Black South Side, where protagonist Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns after she’s expelled from MIT.
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