Watching the MCU Feels Like Work Now

Hard, unfulfilling work that we have to pay to do.

Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day
Published in
5 min readMay 22, 2023

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A person holding a remote control watching a TV with the Marvel logo on it.
Photo by Clément M. on Unsplash

The MCU kicked off with Iron Man in 2008, a whole 15 years ago at this point. Iron Man launched the franchise with a bang, featuring Robert Downey Jr. as a fantastic Tony Stark that really embodied the character. It was a major success and was a fantastic start to the whole thing.

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Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day

I write about everything from my experience with mental illness to politics to philosophy. Much of my so-called "wisdom" is from Tumblr dot com. He/him/his.