‘Secret Magic Control Agency’ Arrests You for Sneezing Up Fairy-dust

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Secret Magic Control Agency – Cr: Netflix © 2021

Hansel and Gretel are as cunning as you imagined them in the fairytales. My favorite thing about movies that plays around with fairytales is that they like to expand on the adventures while creating various cameos in the process. From famous magical items to classic fairytale characters, if you’re looking for some fun, Secret Magic Control Agency will give you a feast of desserts. The story begins with Agent Gretel, with her goal of becoming “Best Agent,” doing all she can do to protect the kingdom. But when a mystery arrives that she can’t seem to solve, the kingdom seeks out help from her con-artist brother Hansel. From here this journey will have its magical ups and its mystical downs. Though I enjoyed the idea of Secret Magic Control Agency there were a couple of concerns that made me question its goals. If there is anything that I love, it’s a great fairytale with magnificent villains. In stories we root for the heroes, but we really came for the villains. Secret Magic Control Agency managed to create a cool villain, but she became almost unbelievable due to forms of misogyny. Great characters have conviction where audiences are moved to feel strong emotions towards them. Whether you’re rooting for them, against them or if the goal is to create a strong gray area where you begin to question their ideologies, there is a substance that attracts you. Problem is, I felt sorry for the way the creators …