“Shang-Chi” Articles

While the Christmas story is Marvel-like in the sense that it explains Jesus’s supernatural powers by showing us his supernatural origins, it’s not fictional.

Shang-Chi moved away from the modern “buffered” self toward a recognition of the enchanted “porous” self.

Destin Daniel Cretton goes from indie dramas to the biggest blockbuster franchise, with “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”

Shang-Chi’s actualization into an MCU superhero gives us a hero who comes from a culture that is more we-focused than me-focused, and I see that as a good thing.