Capital City: How Billionaire Heroism Mediates Post-Imperial Ambiguities in <i>The Avengers</i> and <i>The Avengers – Age of Ultron</i>
Journal: Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies
Year: 2020

This article discusses the negotiation of cultural, economic and political ambiguities in the first two instalments of the Avengers movie franchise. Based on Douglas Kellner's concept of the media spectacle and Dan Hassler-Forest's observations on capitalist superheroes in the neoliberal age, the analysis traces the role of concentrated wealth and futuristic technologies in defeating the otherized forces that threaten the US-American metropolis in both these films. The spectacle-laden struggles