I think there was a time when "Comic book superheroes are modern mythology" was a good and useful corrective to a certain kind of kneejerk snobbery toward the subject and I think that time ended well before MCU Phase II, much less Phase III
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Yeah - I think what's worth stressing is the question of if there's some distinction between the figure of Spider-man, as he may exist across all media forms, and then the specific canon the movies. It's tougher since he's still copyrighted. This may change when it expires.
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The comparison would be say, Zorro, who is now in the public domain, or Sherlock Holmes, who more or less is. Are they mythological figures? I'm not sure it's a tight track either.
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We are a post-traditional culture "Pop culture" is NOT a traditional culture, the distinctive features it has that make it "pop" culture are ABOUT how it's not traditional
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And saying that nothing has actually changed and a tradition is still a tradition if you buy it at the store is just false It's the definition of presentism - it's openly trying to change the definitions of words to say something hasn't changed that obviously has changed
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