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Marvel's Behind the Mask

And what that really means is about the dualities that we allencompass, right?

And what that really means is about the dualities that we all
encompass, right?

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And what that really means is about
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the dualities that we all encompass, right?
Duration
7 seconds
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40
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:04
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Marvel New Media,Strike Anywhere,Tarmac Creative

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Movie Summary

Meet the writers and artists behind characters like Black Panther, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage, the X-Men, Captain Marvel, and many other characters in the Marvel Universe, highlighting their impact on pop culture and media.
At work, we're one person, when we're at home, we're another person. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:12
At work, we're one person, when we're at home, we&...
Characters donning masks to become superheroes. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:08
Characters donning masks to become superheroes.
The concept didn't originate in comics. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:14
The concept didn't originate in comics.
It's not just a disguise. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:10
It's not just a disguise.
One of the reasons the idea of a secret or dual identity - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:08
One of the reasons the idea of a secret or dual identity
And, so, someone like Spider-Man kind of becomes every man. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:10
And, so, someone like Spider-Man kind of becomes every man.
That's the thing, especially with Marvel characters, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:06
That's the thing, especially with Marvel characters,
And I think that double consciousness - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:10
And I think that double consciousness
We try to, just, ask the reader to accept one thing. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:04
We try to, just, ask the reader to accept one thing.
He can scale a wall or has the strength of 10 men or whatever. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:04
He can scale a wall or has the strength of 10 men or whateve...
But once accepting that, we then try to write it as realistically as possible. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:06
But once accepting that, we then try to write it as realisti...
The mere fact that he has superhuman power - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:29
The mere fact that he has superhuman power
And, you know, when you're an immigrant, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:19
And, you know, when you're an immigrant,
One identity at home and another identity in the workplace. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:06
One identity at home and another identity in the workplace.
My father... Growing up, it was a rough life. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:25
My father... Growing up, it was a rough life.
The late 1930s were a particularly anti-Semitic period. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:05
The late 1930s were a particularly anti-Semitic period.
Jews were barred from many Ivy League schools, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:17
Jews were barred from many Ivy League schools,
For those groups that had been excluded from the political mainstream, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:19
For those groups that had been excluded from the political m...
It's no coincidence - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:10
It's no coincidence
I think that's one of the most important images of American pop culture history. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:20
I think that's one of the most important images of Amer...