Why The Mandarin needed to be portrayed as he was in Iron Man 3

or, why the MCU didn’t ruin your favorite supervillain.

below the cut: Iron Man 3 spoilers, discussion of cultural appropriation, narrative arc, and analysis of how ridiculously, wonderfully meta the advertising scheme of IM3 was.

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Okay, let's stop for a minute

So yesterday it was Clark Gregg’s birthday, who plays Agent Phil Coulson. Today is Cobie Smulders, who plays Maria Hill. Tomorrow is Robert Downey Jr.’s, and Hayley Atwell, who plays Peggy Carter, is April 5. Huh.

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