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Malcolm McMillan

Marvel Spotlight just fixed a big MCU problem — but not its biggest one

Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk in Echo.

Over the weekend on Nov. 4, Marvel announced Spotlight — a new subset of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Spotlight content, starting with next January's Echo, will comprise MCU TV shows and movies that “our [Marvel’s] audience doesn’t need to have seen other Marvel series to understand what’s happening.”

This is clearly a creative decision driven by the fact that moviegoers and TV watchers now need to be caught up on dozens of movies and TV shows to understand what is going on in the MCU. While this isn’t a huge problem necessarily for the diehard fan, the casual enjoyer of Marvel content now feels like they’re having to do homework. 

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