After the box office success of Avengers: Endgame in 2019, The Russo Brothers were on top of the world. They reaped billions of dollars, galvanized the last form of movie monoculture before COVID shuttered movie theaters, and achieved the decade-long plan of Marvel’s three-phase strategy.
At the same time, Martin Scorsese made comments, which compared Marvel films to being “theme parks.” “It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.” It sparked…
