Do superheroes benefit pop culture? (part II)

19/02/2021 1h 8min

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Last time we asked: Why are Wonder Woman's early links to BDSM relatively obscure? Is Wandavision patronising and have superheroes benefited the games industry at the expense of the comic book industry?This time we discuss the impact of superheroes on literary fiction, radio plays, stage shows, musical theatre and internet web plays. Watch RANTBOX.TV, that rare beast that offers nuanced commentary on race, gender, and other community concerns in 21st Century Britain and abroad.A new video is posted every Friday by 12:30pm noon at the very latest. Don't forget to follow Rantbox TV on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/rantboxtv/And on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/rantboxtvAlso Twitter:https://twitter.com/RantboxTV... And let's not forget Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5hhykwNhBSbfJtQDYAfFZb... And Apple podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rantbox-tv#geopolitics #superheroes #entertainment #rantboxtv Article of relevance: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/may/06/superheroes-literary-novel-comic-book-serious-fictionToday's panel: Simon Mitchell is an events organiser and can be found via Instagram: @mitchprime86 Marc Andrew Ferns makes robots. That's all you need to know.Matthew Gaffen is in the post punk band, Hearse Pileup and have provided this link to their new track. Optimistically titled 'We're All Gong To Hell.': https://open.spotify.com/album/6ym5IDSeM2YPkrB1IWnfYNJohn Clay is a UK based Director/Editor/Author/Occasional fool: https://heylink.me/Johnclayartist/Special thanks to Public Pressure's Alfredo Violante Widmer for the thumbnail and to Matthew Gaffen for the new ident animation.