How Marvel Studios Molded American Minds [REMASTERED] [VIDEO ESSAY]
Channel: Adam Myers [AdamSplittersEntertainment]
Date: 2023-11-30

TW: discussions/mentions of bigotry, WW2, extremism, terrorism, death, suicide, shootings

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Cutting it a bit close this month, whoops!

But here we go, I did it! A remastered version of my first upload in my monthly video essay series!! Thanks to Kevin Douglas for his great work doing most of the editing on the original, i used much of his work again here, but i have slightly updated script, a vocal performance i'm much happier with, and a visual consistency with my other essays which were edited by RemnantBardock.

In this video, I explore how the MCU may have impacted American culture and politics through it's decade-plus long chokehold on the stories we enjoy. In particular, i examine its' messages and potential impact on masculinity, morality, and heroism

Relevant Links:
“I Was Terrified, and I Was Humiliated”: #MeToo’s Male Accusers, One Year Later
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/metoo-male-accusers-terry-crews-alex-winter-michael-gaston-interview

Chris Hemsworth says that getting more jacked for 'Thor: Love and Thunder' was 'particularly hard' and 'exhausting'
https://www.insider.com/chris-hemsworth-thor-4-workout-exhausting-hard-love-and-thunder-2022-9

Why So Many Men Feel Lonely Today 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mens-mental-health-matters/202301/why-men-are-lonelier-than-ever

The Pandemic of Male Loneliness 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-smarts/202102/the-pandemic-male-loneliness

Steve Rogers, the MCU, and American Exceptionalism | A Video Essay (Pillar of Garbage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0XWTA1n-6M

Mechanist Gamma: https://www.youtube.com/@UCjS_mzSOZeu26Fk9iGESssQ

Relevant Videos on Masculinity:

Jessie Gender-- The Trauma of Masculinity
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPgduIUGeb4&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=2&pp=gAQBiAQB

F.D. Signifier-- Dissecting the Manosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1FkO7Tr70A&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=2

Leeja Miller-- The Manosphere to Alt-Right Pipeline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-V_xf2gAiI&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=4&t=39s

Alexander Avila-- Did Feminism FAIL Men?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOhs9jxe4lM&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=5

That Dang Dad-- Is The Left Failing Men?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXZo1ld5Nc&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=6

Salari -- Masculinity is a Prison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bomWsgjLQjc&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=27

Skullie By The Sea-- The Rise of Grumpy DILFs and Healing America's Daddy Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGME5dPeZvM&t=1s

Swolesome (aka The Finnstastic Mr Fox)--
Won't Somebody Think of the Men? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWoJDpNsQQw&list=PL0jPNDWamV_zfw98efAGcyAzp_PJNsj7t&index=17&t=1006s&pp=gAQBiAQB

Contrapoints-- Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1xxcKCGljY&t=871s&pp=ygUQY29udHJhcG9pbnRzIG1lbg%3D%3D