The New York Times: I watch the closing credits of every movie I see. I learned from my parents, who would always sit in the dark theater watching the names scroll down the screen while the ushers trickled in and the rest of the audience collected their belongings. Their ritual confused me as a kid: “Muppet Treasure Island” was over; Kermit and his friends were reunited; and the villain had his comeuppance. But my parents were still in their seats, eyes on the screen. What more were they expecting?
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As a child, I would also skip through the movie credits just because there was no way for me to understand of those words meant, especially when they were scrolling through so fast. As my interest in film grew, I would read the credits more closely just to find out who was playing the sidekick that I liked. I’ve noticed myself lingering in theatres longer to watch the end credits and I think this habit may have settled when Marvel started to embed their Easter eggs after the end credits. I obviously didn’t want to miss out on the Easter eggs, so I stayed and watched, but in the process I found myself paying more and more attention to the titles of different positions on set and in the production team. After coming to CMU, a lot of the titles became more familiar to me and I even felt a weird connection to them as someone who’s half in the industry. I remember pointing to my mom the IATSE local at the end of watching Thor: Love and Thunder and proudly telling her that it’s the union that represents us as theatre artists.
I really love this article, because I feel like it shows the magic of moviemaking. I grew up the same way as this writer did with my mom sitting through every credit scene. I do think it’s interesting how now the credits play at the end, rather than in the beginning movies the way they used to. There's something to be said about that because I feel like it just goes to the conformity of people just wanting the content and not the art like said in the article. I also really like how in this article they talk about the stigma that Marvel has created. I am a huge Marvel fan, but with that being said, I feel like people don’t watch credits anymore. They just sit for Easter eggs. I love watching the credits because there’s a chance that I see someone who I know or that my mother knows. It’s a sense of joy of seeing somebody you know in those credits.
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