Levels of mutual influences in the entertainment supersystem of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Abstract

This paper focuses on mutual influences between respective elements of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) entertainment supersystem and their crucial role in determining what a said supersystem actually is and how it is constructed. Its inherent complexity — obvious even to an inexperienced observer — develops both in space and time. It is because the MCU supersystem exists as a web of mutual connections and relations, and every new addition to the system increases its complexity. The paper also aims to determine, how non-textual factors (such as legal, marketing, or commercial) interfere with development strategies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.