Make America Marvel Again?
Fantastic Four and the Fantasy of the 1960s
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is an excellent movie, and you should absolutely catch it in IMAX. It’s a big-screen, big-heart kind of film. But as I watched, I couldn’t help but reflect on how deeply steeped it is in 1960s idealism, a golden age in the American imagination, rudely interrupted by the mess of history.
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