Marvel Studios’ latest release, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” is bad; there is simply no other way to describe it. It is poorly written, with hamfisted exposition, and relies more on dreary but elaborate computer-generated imagery than storytelling to keep the audience engaged.
In line with the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) current ideological trajectory, the film reduces father figures to the status of court jesters and cuckolds while emphasizing the virtues of adultery and the political radicalization of children. Further establishing the franchise’s commitment to emasculation — hence the critical moniker “M-She-U” — Paul Rudd’s role as a father is to be the “yes man” for his teenage daughter’s Jacobin whims. Michael Douglas’ character, despite being a super genius, is depicted as a forlorn curmudgeon who accepts his wife’s adultery as merely a minor inconvenience.
But this really ought to be expected, as it has become the norm for Marvel’s parent company — Disney — to shoehorn leftist ideology into everything they produce. Disney’s obsession with inculcating its audience — which is effectively the world — with leftist ideology is why the studio’s storylines constantly revolve around political revolutions and cultural rebellions. It reinforces the priorities of the leftist managerial class that rules over us.
Corporate studios use pop culture productions to launder leftist beliefs into the mainstream. It’s part of the reason there is an insistence on building cinematic universes and churning out sequels. These stories are tools that aid in forming the widely accepted narratives that direct society. So,
