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Taika Waititi’sThor: Love and Thunderdid not settle in well with the majority of the Marvel fandom for reasons well explored. But the reason most prominent among all was its relentless mockery of the pre-ordained themes that built Marvel up from the rubbles. Although the film was not the first to be subjected to the director’s signature marker of underhanded comedy, it definitely was the most radical. And now, it seems there was one too many subversion for the studio to not take notice of in the final cut of the Phase Four film.
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The Epic Transgression ofThor: Love and Thunder
One of the most talked about scenes fromThor 4was the Omnipotence City which served as the gathering place for gods from far and wide. Amid the ruckus and the domineering cavalier attitude of Zeus, most of the gods were overshadowed unless the frame exclusively focused on portraying them on the screen. Among them were the Bao, Fur Dog, Minerva, Dionysus, and even Korg’s own Kronan god, Ninny of the Nonny. But one god who was considered too risqué for the pandemonium of Zeus was the God of Carpentry aka Jesus Christ.
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In an interview with BBC Radio 1,Taika Waititielaborates on the decision that went into incorporating the Omnipotence City gods into the script ofThor: Love and Thunder. The Kiwi director references a scene whereTessa Thompson‘s Valkyrie would mention a God of Carpentry and the camera would then“cutaway to you-know-who. Big J.”Clearly, Feige’s intentions of the director taking creative liberty would not extend to being inflicted with the hurt religious sentiments of the majority of the demography of Marvel’s audience. It comes as no surprise that “Big J” did not in the end make it to the fellowship of the orgy.
Also read:“You-know-who. Big J”:Thor 4Star Tessa Thompson Reveals Secret Cutscene That Almost Showed Jesus in MCU
A 3-Months-Later ThematicReview ofThor: Love andThunder
In the ideology of Taika Waititi, not everything can be played safe, or even by the rules. That was made evidently clear when the director infamously declared throwing caution to the wind when it came to sticking to the source material. His film,Thor: Love andThunder, felt more like an ode to pride and “love is love” rather than a deconstruction of Thor’s journey of healing in the aftermath of The Blip — which, furthermore, has almost become the black sheep of Marvel’s in-universe family that no one is allowed to talk about beyond Phase Three.
Moreover, the usual grim and somber personification of Thor in Marvel proved essential in striking a balance against the more mischievous Loki. However, after the (successful) experimental diversion from that theme inRagnarok, Waititi’s full nose-dive into comedy was needed to fill in the role otherwise reserved in favor of Loki. This also served to numb the void left in the anti-hero’s death from the collective consciousness of the moviegoers throughout the entirety of its 119 minutes.
Also read:Thor: Love and Thunder– 5 Biggest Disappointments That Decimated Years of Fan Expectations With Lackluster Execution
In the aftermath of the epic disappointment that was Taika Waititi’sThor: Love andThunder, the scenes left on the cutting room floor are now surfacing in one humiliating episode after another. As fans cry foul, the film inadvertently gets a bit more of its share of “no publicity is bad publicity”. Perhaps the $250 million film was no mistake at all but really a happy-go-lucky saga of the Norse god and his coming to terms with the reality of living with grief and loss.
Source:BBC Radio 1
Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
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