THUNDERBOLTS* Review: Rumors of MCU's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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Over less than two decades, Disney Studios has released 35 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), for an average of more than two films a year, redefining and dominating pop culture along the way.   And that’s not including the various straight-to-streaming series, including WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki (among another dozen others). Just on those numbers and the substantial time and labor investment alone, the MCU requires a level of concentration and dedication unmatched by contemporary pop culture offerings in any media.    The exhaustion, boredom, and indifference that followed (aka “superhero fatigue”), unsurprisingly led to shrinking box-office returns and increasing criticism of the MCU’s top-down management by uber-producer Kevin Feige and his braintrust. Minus the excitement, novelty, or...

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