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(Intentionally or not, this concluding shot reminds me of similar images that conclude the current Metropolitan Museum of Art retrospective of the American Impressionist Childe Hassam: his most famous works are patriotically-inspired paintings of large American flags hovering above Manhattan's streets.)The movies' director, Sam Raimi, and his collaborators are clearly, intentionally making a point about Spider-Man as a symbol of America.
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(I offer my usual caution: this column about the movie will discuss plot developments and the ending, things that those of you who have not yet seen the film may not wish to read about yet.) As Spider-Man, with his renewed dedication to his crimefighting career, swings through the city, alerted by police sirens to a new mission, the audience sees American flags hanging over one of Manhattan's main streets. I would guess that this was because Spider-Man has become Marvel's flagship solo star.And now, Spider-Man 2 also ends with flag-waving. It was Spider-Man's series, not Captain America's, that was chosen for such a story. Michael Straczynski's Amazing Spider-Man issue set amid the ruins of the World Trade Center. One of Marvel Comics' own principal responses to 9/11 was J. At the time the film came out, I assumed that this was a patriotic gesture by the filmmakers in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
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As if echoing that image, the first Spider-Man movie ended with Spider-Man executing a spectacular series of web-slinging maneuvers amid the Manhattan skyline, culminating with a shot of Spider-Man and the American flag. He is a vigilante, operating without either the official sanction granted to the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, or even the unofficial cooperation Commissioner Gordon gives Batman.At the end of Superman II, the title hero carries the American flag back to the White House, having thwarted the takeover of the country by General Zod and his cohorts from the Phantom Zone. Often during his career he has been an outlaw, wanted by the police for crimes he did not commit. Spider-Man is mistrusted and feared by much, perhaps even most, of New York City's citizenry.
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He is pilloried by the news media, in the form of J. Spider-Man is far from being a member of the establishment. Superman and Captain America are establishment figures, acclaimed by the American public of their fictional worlds. And now, Spider-Man is being portrayed in his movies as a hero who represents America.Not so long ago this would have seemed so unlikely. Will Eisner's superhero version of Uncle Sam is literally the spirit of America. Captain America wears a costume patterned after the American flag and upholds classic American ideals. Superman traditionally fights for "truth, justice and the American way," and he belongs to the Justice League of America.