![]() ![]() Black Widow brings back the concept of family, manufactured or not, that many of the Avengers and especially Natasha have lost, which explains why she sacrificed her life for Barton so he could hold onto his. Considering most of Yelena's early memories surrounding any concept of family and happiness are associated with her time in Ohio, she holds onto their family unit more than the others - "American Pie" is a poignant reminder of the dream she held onto and the dream she lost. She is revealed to have been a part of psychological rewirings manufactured by her Melina, who only regains her self-control after a freed Black Widow smashes Red Dust around her. The only way Natasha got to live an American Dream was when America could exploit her skills as a weapon, but at least she still had autonomy. This became known as ‘the day the music died’, after a line from ‘American Pie’. On 3 February 1959, Holly, along with fellow rock ‘n’ roll stars Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, died in a plane crash in Iowa. ![]() Marvel fans know that Natasha escapes the Red Room's control, eventually using her Russian assassin training for the greater good as an Avenger back in the United States. McLean’s song, which was released in 1971, reflects on the decade or so following the untimely death of Buddy Holly in 1959. The opening credits of Black Widow reveal the stark contrast in their new lives to their old playful one, now facing death, moral dissociations, and loss of self and autonomy. Natasha and Yelena are quite young when they leave America and are instantly thrown out of their manufactured family into the lives of Black Widow operatives. ![]()
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