It's perhaps not a defining aspect of cinema as traditionally understood but the fact that MCU requires deep immersive knowledge does make it narratively interesting (true also of the comics). It's a new type of narrative, one critics have a hard time grappling with. https://twitter.com/keithcalder/status/1192620991777837056 …
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Who will be the Manny Farber of Marvel comics & MCU films -- the critic who can burrow deep into the form and explain its unique properties and distinctive pleasures? I'm hoping
@douglaswolk does that in his forthcoming book.Show this thread -
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@tnyfrontrow's two tweets offer a useful way to think about Marvel comics & MCU: there is a parallel with Talmudic & Christian exegetical texts in the way stories build on stories, interpretation on interpretation.https://twitter.com/tnyfrontrow/status/1191570600940199936 …Show this thread
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which keep shinking Also, y'all need to read more shit with an actual begining and ending
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