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In November, the filmmaker Martin Scorsese wrote an 

 in the New York Times in which he argued that superhero movies are often too predictable and too conventional for an art form that should be surprising and challenging. 

Scorsese wrote: “...What’s not (in these movies) is revelation, mystery or genuine emotional danger. Nothing is at risk. The pictures are made to satisfy a specific set of demands and they are designed as variations on a finite number of themes.” 

Despite Scorsese’s op-ed, the torrent of superhero films shows no sign of slowing down. “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Black Widow” and “The New Mutants” are just some of the superhero flicks slated to come out this year. 

There’s little incentive for studios to curb production when films like “Avengers: Endgame” gross more than 

But are these movies sucking up all of the oxygen — or funding — from other genres of film?

Two film buffs joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for a conversation about the place of superhero flicks in the pantheon of movies. 

 executive producer for On Being Studios and host of its podcast, This Movie Changed Me

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Two film buffs talk about the place of superhero films in the pantheon of movies.

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