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'Captain America: Brave New World' Is a Cowardly Reflection of a Crumbling America

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Eric Pierce
Mar 09, 2025
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There’s a moment in Captain America: Brave New World where Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) carelessly destroys the physical embodiments of American democracy in a blind, self-serving rage. That seems like a very supervillain thing to do—recall General Zod’s desecration of the White House in Superman II—but in this case, …

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