Editorial: Why Hollywood Mustn't Rate Everything D for 'Deadpool'

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The box office totals are in. The reviews have been read and audiences have spoken with a mouth as loud as a merc – Tim Miller’s Deadpool is a huge success, and not just financially or even critically. It has been universally well received, which is a tremendous accomplishment for a third tier superhero character that (according to 20th Century Fox) had minimal mainstream appeal that languished in development hell for years. It was the vulgar, graphic and unadulterated version of Thomas the Tank Engine, the little irreverent train that could. However, with the success of Deadpool, major movie studios everywhere might not take the best lessons from the film’s astronomical success – as James Gunn illustrated so brilliantly last weekend. So let’s take a look at what Hollywood can glean from the outrageous success of the Merc with a Mouth. ›››

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