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Captain America: Ironic Nostalgia or American Interventionism?

JL;DR SUMMARY In this analysis of "Captain America: The First Avenger," John Semley explores the film's portrayal of American interventionism, embodied in the character of Captain America, a creation of Jewish comic book creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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World War IiHollywoodPropagandaPatriotismNostalgiaMarvel ComicsJewish CreatorsHistorical FantasyCaptain AmericaAmerican Interventionism

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"In 1940, when Captain America was brought to life in the pages of Timely Comics by two Jewish kids from Manhattan, writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby, he was deliberately crafted as an allegory for American interventionism."
Switzerland
"In wholly displacing the historical war the on-screen adventures of Captain America and his elite team see them gate-crashing and zip-lining through such European locales as Switzerland, peripheral to World War IIs central conflicts in France or Italy"

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