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After the 2019 blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame,” Walt Disney Co.-owned Marvel often seemed to struggle to find its footing, losing its consistency at the box office and with critics.

He described the blockbuster against Alvarez as the "biggest fight of the past decade".

But the expanding, deepening discourse surrounding the theatrical blockbuster invites us to do a little homework, if only to better enjoy the music.

Marvel’s jokey, moody and middling “Thunderbolts*” returns the blockbuster franchise to the geeks.

It even gave him an edge as a young person pursuing a creative career that now includes directing credits for blockbuster films such as “Wicked” and “Crazy Rich Asians.”