Disney’s Woke Marvel Collapse: Ike Perlmutter vs Kevin Feige

Michael here from The Truthening 👋

Disney and Marvel used to dominate theaters, but in chasing woke politics, they forgot the simplest truth: you need men to watch movies. Ike Perlmutter once saved Marvel from bankruptcy, keeping stories grounded, profitable, and built for audiences who wanted heroes. When Kevin Feige took over, the MCU turned into a political soapbox—and the collapse began.

This video breaks it all down:

⚡ Ike Perlmutter: The Man Who Saved Marvel

Rescued Marvel from bankruptcy with smart business.

Cut costs, kept stories classic, and focused on audience demand.

Under his watch, Marvel became a cinematic empire.

He understood men, fathers, and families were the foundation of moviegoing culture.

🎬 Kevin Feige and Disney’s Woke Turn

After Ike left, Kevin Feige gained full creative control.

Budgets skyrocketed, politics dominated scripts, and diversity boxes mattered more than storytelling.

Movies became less about heroes, more about lectures.

Marvel shifted from cinematic universe to chaotic spin cycle.

📉 The Results: Marvel’s Box Office Collapse

Captain America: Brave New World — bombed hard.

Fantastic Four — failed to impress, despite the hype.

Avengers: Doomsday — plagued with feuds, rewrites, and desperation.

MCU pipeline = overbudget, underwhelming, and uninspired.

🎥 Disney’s Boy Trouble (Even Variety Admitted It)

Disney alienated men by making masculinity “problematic.”

Fathers stopped bringing sons to theaters.

Culture is inherited, not streamed—cut dads out, and you lose generations.

Star Wars turned Luke Skywalker into a lecture instead of a legend.

🦸 The Success Stories That Ignored Woke Agendas

Deadpool & Wolverine — $1 billion box office, R-rated, edgy, masculine, fun.

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man films — co-produced by Sony, avoided woke pitfalls, focused on character-driven stories.

Joker — made on $55M, earned $1B. Audiences want grit and depth, not DEI checklists.

🕹️ Hollywood’s Big Mistake

👉 Masculinity isn’t asbestos.
👉 Culture thrives when fathers pass down heroes.
👉 Hollywood killed that connection by treating male audiences as villains.

💡 Final Word

Disney, Marvel, and Hollywood must:

Stop making movies like HR seminars.

Stop rebooting, start creating.

Respect masculinity, embrace risk, and tell authentic stories again.

Understand that audiences want heroes, not activists.

Until then, franchises will keep collapsing while smaller, risk-taking films thrive.

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Michael out ✌️