With Great Power, Part 2: Some Assembly Required
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Previously on with great power. |
| 0:02.7 | Marvel had zero value. |
| 0:06.6 | No one wanted Marvel. |
| 0:08.0 | Did just emerge out of bankruptcy. |
| 0:09.2 | They had no cash. |
| 0:10.4 | Spider-Man was ace in the hall. |
| 0:12.6 | Sony had never had that kind of a success before, |
| 0:14.6 | but nobody had. |
| 0:15.8 | I mean, it was like the biggest opening of all time |
| 0:18.1 | for a very long time. |
| 0:19.2 | So the funny thing is, we were so successful |
| 0:23.4 | that I can obviously suit us. |
| 0:25.2 | So it was very contentious. |
| 0:27.8 | He developed a fire in his belly of hatred. |
| 0:32.8 | I think they were willing to do what they needed to do |
| 0:36.2 | in order to claw more of it back. |
| 0:45.4 | In 2003, a young Hollywood executive |
| 0:48.1 | named David Maisel flew to Florida |
| 0:50.6 | for an important meeting at a well-known resort. |
| 0:53.6 | It was over lunch at the Mar-a-Lago Country Club. |
| 0:55.8 | I remember Donald Trump came by the table |
| 0:59.0 | to say hi to Ike and Ike introduced me |
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