HBO’s “The Franchise” Takes Satirical Aim at the MCU

HBO’s “The Franchise” Takes Satirical Aim at the MCU

Armano Iannucci, the genius behind “The Thick of It,” “Veep,” and “The Death of Stalin,” feels like a perfect fit for a takedown of superhero movie culture. After all, he knows how to puncture the balloons of people who take themselves way too seriously, and the amount of pretension in the political pools in which…