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  Infinity Stones: the MacGuffin at the Heart of the MCU

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  Dan Hassler-Forest Utrecht University

  April 16, 2019

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  Infinity Stones: the MacGuffin at the Heart of the MCU Marvel MCU superheroes transmedia branding Curator's Note "The main thing I've learned over the years is that the MacGuffin is nothing." Alfred Hitchcock As anyone who has ever stu ...
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  BLADE and the Foundations of Marvel Superhero's Movie Empire

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  Dan Hassler-Forest Utrecht University

  May 31, 2018

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  BLADE and the Foundations of Marvel Superhero's Movie Empire superhero movies MCU Marvel Blade Black Superheroes Black Panther Curator's Note Way back in 2009, when I started writing my doctoral dissertation on superhero movies and post-9/11 Ame ...
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  Scholar-activists and the vulnerabilities of social media

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  Dan Hassler-Forest Utrecht University

  February 15, 2017

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  Scholar-activists and the vulnerabilities of social media "All I want for Christmas is white genocide." Last December, this satirical tweet from political theory scholar and radical activist George  Ciccariello-Maher   made headlines  after it w ...
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  “I guess I’m just taking a break…” Marvel’s Self-Reflexive World-Building

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  Dan Hassler-Forest Utrecht University

  September 17, 2016

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  “I guess I’m just taking a break…” Marvel’s Self-Reflexive World-Building Marvel Comic Books and the Movies Blockbuster reflexivity Curator's Note In the age of franchising, world-building, and transmedia storytelling, the Marvel Cinematic Universe h ...