Power Elite: How Marvel movies explain 21st Century politics — with Andrew Harrison and Gavin Edwards

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Tell us what you think of The Bunker in our Listener Survey – five respondents will get the Bunker mug or t-shirt of their choice. The Marvel Cinematic Universe may be teetering in 2023 — but for two decades it’s been the dominant force in Hollywood. Andrew Harrison is joined by Gavin Edwards, co-author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, to discuss how its characters and storylines help to explain the chaos and drama of 21st Century politics. From Thanos’ economic failings to Captain America’s patriotism – enjoy a politics and comic book super-geek-out crossover. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.0	In the 1950s it was the Western with questions of right and wrong played out in a moral
1:17.4	wilderness. In the 60s and 70s it was the paranoid spy movie and the
1:21.0	existential journey of the outsider. in the 80s the brutally
1:24.0	assertive action movie the cinematic signature of the 21st century on the other hand
1:28.5	has been the superhero movie specifically the Marvel Cinematic universe that sprawling fable of 33 interlocking
1:35.2	Blockbusters which began in 2008 with Iron Man.
1:38.4	Based on characters from the comics publisher's decades old roster, the Marvel movies in their pomp turned characters such as Iron Man, Black Widow,
1:45.8	Captain America, and Thor from marginal figures known only to comic bookshop customers like, well,
1:51.3	me, into global brands.
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