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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Rachel Leishman

Stephen King says that the violence in superhero movies is “almost pornographic.” Dude….come on

Now I love Stephen King. His stories are some of my favorite to consume but there is one thing you always know going into one of his tales: People are going to die and it is going to be a lot to take in. It is what it is.

So tell me why King now thinks that the violence in superhero movies borders on being “almost pornographic”… To be fair to King, he did clarify that his issue is with the lack of blood and gore in the franchise seeing as entire city blocks will be destroyed and it is kind of glossed over visually. I will say in defense of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the destruction is often tied into the emotions of characters and you do still feel what that violence has done to the people it impacted.

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