What Next: Marvel’s Disastrous Year

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🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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After his character, Kang the Conqueror, was set up to be the big villain of the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jonathan Majors was dismissed from the franchise after being found guilty of reckless assault and harassment. Guest: Michael Schulman, staff writer for the New Yorker. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Madeline Ducharme, Anna Phillips, Paige Osburn, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	Before this week, I did not know very much about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To be honest, Michael Schulman from over at the New Yorker,
0:57.0	he isn't much of an MCU head either.
1:00.0	But because he covers Hollywood,
1:02.0	becoming an expert has not really been optional for him.
1:06.0	I mean, Marvel is the most successful franchise in movie history.
1:14.0	Okay, that's saying something.
1:19.0	Yeah, I mean, it's made more money than anything in movies since the existence of movies.
1:26.8	And it not only is successful on its own, but it kind of created this model of having a cinematic universe where all of the different movies
1:37.3	and eventually TV shows are connected on a fictional canvas and one you know blockbuster can you know beget another
1:47.5	blockbuster and lead audiences to the next product. Has 2023 been kind to the MCU? No, it's been disastrous.
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