28 – Politics of Avengers and Other Comic Book Movies w/ Matthew Rozsa

Comic book movies are inherently political. When it's about a global catastrophe, that's political. When you world-build, that's political. When you have characters so powerful they can own the world, that's political. Whether the writers intend to or not, comic book movies are political thought experiments. And that's why they're such wonderful teaching tools for politics, especially for those who think they're only interested in the entertainment aspect. 

For this topic, we brought on political writer and movie reviewer Matthew Rozsa to discuss the politics within the "Avengers" as well as other comic book movies. 

Matthew Rozsa holds an MA in History from Rutgers University-Newark and is ABD in his PhD program in History at Lehigh University. His work has appeared in Salon, Mic, Quartz, and MSNBC. 

Salon articles mentioned

The politics of "Avengers: Endgame": Thanos, Iron Man and the Malthusian extreme
The powerful politics of Killmonger
We can't be Captain America: "Civil War" never considers the possibility of President Trump
Captain America's freedom fail: How the powerful few justify answering only to themselves
Peak superhero? Not even close: How one movie genre became the guiding myth of neoliberalism

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You can find Matthew at Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/matthew_rozsa 

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