Unpopular Opinion – Ep. 316 – “Are Marvel Movies (Fascist) Cinema?”

Adam talks to David Christopher Bell and comedian Zach Miller about the idea that Marvel movies aren’t “cinema!”

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Reference Links

Scorsese’s Marvel Comments

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a29362442/martin-scorsese-marvel-movies-theme-parks/

Coppola’s Marvel Comments

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/21/francis-ford-coppola-scorsese-was-being-kind-marvel-movies-are-despicable

Eric Kohn’s Indiewire Article

Marvel Movies Vs. Cinema: Why Martin Scorsese and Others Should Sit Out This Debate

Fascism In Superhero Movies

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502161587/superheroes-and-the-f-word-grappling-with-the-ugly-truth-under-the-capes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/14/john-mctiernan-captain-america-comic-book-movies-fascist

https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/11/8/13563500/joss-whedon-donald-trump-fascist-fantasy-lone-superhero

Anti-Immigrant Plotlines In Black Panther

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/opinion/commentary-panther-exposes-immigrant-resentment-black-community/1Uglxce1GM3cXT77Sk0QvI/

https://afropunk.com/2018/02/killmonger-real-hero-refuse-assimilate-elitist-blackness-leaves-many-behind/

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