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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Roasting the MCU Is the Best Thing That Could Happen to Marvel Right Now
'Deadpool & Wolverine' might be the best thing that could’ve happened to Marvel right now.
Throughout “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Ryan Reynolds’ titular Merc with a Mouth exposes the Marvel Cinematic Universe to many things it’d never experienced before: rampant blood and gore, incandescent vulgarity, gleeful references to drug use and effusive descriptions of sexual practices between two men. After Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) welcomes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to the MCU, he adds that it’s happening at a “low point” for Marvel, a piercing reference to the studio’s misbegotten 2023. But Deadpool’s ability to break the fourth wall elevates that irreverence to galaxy brain-levels of franchise maintenance: These jokes work best if you’re deeply invested in the MCU and in superhero cinema as a whole, but they also make space for audiences who regard phrases like “the sacred timeline” as kind of silly to enjoy themselves as well.
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