While discrimination in the workforce is improving for women and people of color, there’s still lots of work to be done. Take for example the world of film composers, a field that’s been dominated by men for years, with a few notable exceptions like Rachel Portman, Anne Dudley, Jocelyn Pook, and Lesley Barber. It’s only been in recent years that names like Hildur Guðnadóttir—the first woman to win an Academy Award for a film score since 1997—and Pinar Toprak—the first woman to score a Marvel movie in 2019, after 21 previous films scored by men—are becoming more established.

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If, “How does it feel? Like it’s someone else’s,” was the starting point for the character exploration in “The Falcon & The Winter Soldier”— Steve Rodgers passing the shield to Sam Wilson, but the Falcon hero unsure if he’s worthy of the symbol— then, Frigga’s (Rene Russo) line to Loki in “Thor: The Dark World,” “Always so perceptive about everyone but yourself,” might be the keyline to understanding Marvel’s new Disney+ series “Loki” and the self-realization ideas it hopes to discuss.

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