is almost an afterthought) of whom distrust is already widespread. It’s a timely, clever move, aligning the Cap with the “America” of everyday people who both in that universe and our own, are having their freedoms eroded, rather than the “America” of the government, its politicians and institutions (the fact that they’re H.Y.D.R.A. included), necessitating a period in which he goes apparently rogue. And so this is a Captain America who, far from being a government lackey/mouthpiece for the machinery of power, in fact brings down existing power structures (S.H.I.E.L.D. And in fact he thrives, as the writers made the canny choice of, if your character is called Captain America and you don’t want to induce eyerolls, better make sure he stands for a fairly progressive idea of America. With ‘The First Avenger’ getting to play in period territory in delivering the Captain’s origin story, and “ The Avengers” being part of a team up in which the interplay between the characters was more important than any one of their stories, the real proof of whether Captain America could survive his own franchise was with this sequel. The Evolution of Captain America’s Patriotism
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