Falcon and the Winter Soldier raises a question never before addressed in the MCU. How do superheroes make a living? Are they paid by the government? The new Marvel series finally provides an answer.
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In the first episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson and his sister try to get a bank loan to help the family business survive. A scene deeply rooted in the real world, which touches on a question that has often crossed the minds of Marvel fans. How do the Avengers make money?
Sam finally provided an answer. As the team is completely independent, the government pays no salaries to the Avengers. Their income and expenses are covered by generous people who wish to donate for their cause and their missions., implies the Falcon. For superheroes who spend their time saving the planet, that seems a little light. But it is the reality.
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Some have sources of income from other activities or live off their heritage such as Thor. But for those who have also been missing for five years, like Sam is, after Blip is difficult. This scene from the series Falcon and the Winter Soldier suddenly comes one step closer to the MCU from the real world, in which getting a bank loan is difficult for a middle-class black American family.
The screenwriter of the Disney + show Malcolm Spellman has a lot of fun with this situation, which shows that the system does not spare the Avengers either. At the same time, the scene finally addresses the question of the salary of the Avengers. “It was a really, really fun time where what was supposed to be a scene that mostly dealt with the issues, you know, of a black family from a certain background having to take out a bank loan. And the fact that he’s a celebrity doesn’t make him transcend being black. It just became something even more fun: Wait, how do superheroes make their money? “, he explains in an interview.
With what awaits him in the series, poor Sam Wilson doesn’t seem ready to give up his career as a volunteer superhero. But his family’s financial woes may well add a bit of conflict in the mind of the Falcon, who is not yet sure he wants to take over from Captain America.
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Source : CBR
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