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The DC Extended Universe has always had a more complicated relationship to humor than Marvel. The tone of the MCU was set back in 2006 when Robert Downey Jr. was cast in Iron Man, and it hasn’t changed much since: Downey’s star persona—charming quips, delivered charmingly—quickly bled through to the films that followed, whether he was in them or not. DC, on the other hand, has approached comedy inconsistently and erratically: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is deadly serious, while both Suicide Squad and Justice League underwent extensive reshoots that included punched-up dialogue. But there’s a big difference between adding a quip and building a comedic set piece, as the new Comic-Con trailer for Shazam! makes clear:

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