“Unlocking the Secrets: How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Redefined Superhero Storytelling and Changed Cinema Forever”
Ironically for such a state-of-the-cinematic-art film as Endgame, its ending bears comparison with some of the oldest plays ever written, namely those of the Ancient Greeks. Just as so many Ancient Greek plays were neatly wrapped up by the arrival of a deus ex machina (literally a “god machine” or metaphorically a plot device that allows a seemingly unsolvable problem to be unexpectedly solved), Endgame concludes with what might be called a “superhero ex machina,” whereby all of the different superheroes that have been part of the MCU and therefore an opponent of Thanos come to the rescue of the seemingly defeated Avengers.
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