There’s a lot of kissing in movies. It’s used as a sign that a relationship between two characters is going to get deeper or more complicated. There’s a certain happiness and anticipation in waiting for two characters in a film to get their heads together and realize that they’re in love. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, however, regardless of how many potential couples were presented, kissing is rarely shown on screen. I know that it’s not really important, but it does make you wonder, right? Well, Polygon’s Joshua Rivera also thought about that, and he investigated. Check out his full piece on the topic here.
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Some of these are allegedly forced on directors and screenwriters by the studio executives who insist that they be added to increase the appeal to female audiences. Love stories can be important and critical to a movie's plot, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't feel like it's missing out here.