Blue Beetle is a 2023 superhero film based on the DC character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle. Produced by DC Studios and The Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the 14th installment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, and stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle alongside Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez.
This video essay examines the anti-imperialist subtext of the story and the Latin American / Caribbean history that informs it.

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→ "Blue Beetle” (2023): Warner Bros. Pictures
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0:00 Intro / Congrats, SAG-AFTRA!
1:12 What Drew Me to Blue Beetle
3:27 The Blue Beetle Story
6:39 The Revelation
18:20 Conclusion / Final Thoughts

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