![]() Not all of these transgressions are as serious as others, of course. I’m sure few would argue that Waititi’s tweets merit the same backlash as Rogan’s past use of the “N-word” or Harris’s decision to serve a meat platter modelled after Amy Winehouse’s decaying corpse at a Halloween party. In the past year or two, we’ve seen this happen with celebrities including (off the top of my head) actors Neil Patrick Harris and Ellie Kemper, comedians Joe Rogan and Randy Rainbow, game show presenter Ken Jennings – and many, many more. After the offending material is circulated online sufficiently widely, the celebrity is forced to acknowledge their wrongdoing and vows to change, in a standardised act of self-preservation: repentance as brand management. Micro-scandals like this – online PR setbacks that never threaten to actually jeopardise a career – usually follow the same sort of pattern. But even if we all agree that his tweets are objectionable, is diving 10 years into the past for a quick “gotcha” really doing anyone any good? Responses have ranged from disappointment, to demands for an apology, to somewhat gleeful condemnation. but you’re right, actual kathoey are better looking.” (“Kathoey” is a Thai term with a complex history of meanings related to transgender people, particularly women.) Waititi was not a well-known public figure at the time – a small role in Green Lantern and his relatively obscure indie film Boy were his most noteworthy credits – so the remarks failed to elicit any substantial backlash until now. I should have just said their make-up looks manly.” Another tweet saw him write: “My trans friends can walk in heels. After making a string of disparaging comments about a beauty pageant, he wrote: “No disrespect to men who want to be/dress as women. The tweets – shared by Waititi almost a decade ago, in January 2013 – were, many have argued, transphobic and offensive. The 46-year-old New Zealander recently directed the Marvel blockbuster Thor: Love and Thunder, and was in the news yesterday (9 August) following his surprise wedding to pop star Rita Ora. The latest celebrity to be caught in a “resurfaced tweets” furore is filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi. The moment they rise above the water, the gulls descend. Problematic tweets, offensive interview clips, racist comedy sketches: these are the things that tend to “resurface” in the modern era. Not in the sense of a swimmer coming up for air between strokes – more like a bloated corpse washing up on the shore after being inadequately weighted down. ![]() It’s a word you see everywhere online these days. Thor: Ragnarok will arrive in theaters on November 3.Resurfacing. If the finished product is anywhere near the same league as the trailer, the film should be something of an instant classic. ![]() I think he’s learned on a lot of the films he’s done, you’ve got to discuss it and make sure you get it right the first time. Chris especially is very smart and very savvy when it comes to story. So we just want to take the time to make sure we get stuff right. There’s one way you can do it, is just bust on through and try and make your day, and you get stuff in the can, but it’s basically worthless when you come to edit. We stopped for an hour to just keep working a scene to make sure we got it right, and to make sure that it made sense. But story is still king in my mind, and we worked a lot on the script. Usually it comes down to story, and the fact that they… I don’t know. At least in my view and apparently Waititi’s too. One of the things wrong with crummy superhero films? Not enough Fraggle Rock based promotional content. “I started realizing, ‘Oh I think I know what’s going wrong with these films.’” “I think I probably learned more watching a lot of other superhero movies, and a lot of big studio films,” he said. But very different to the way I do things.”Īccording to Waititi, it wasn’t Green Lantern that served as his cautionary tale. ![]() And he’s a great – he runs a set very, very well and very efficient. “I spent a long time just sitting around on set, and so I’d watch a lot of how Martin would run things. “When I was in, I was just determined to try and do a good job with the job I was doing there,” he explained. Waititi is very polite in explaining how he’s a different brand of director than the helmer of the Ryan Reynolds fronted picture. Waititi is helming the upcoming Marvel buddy picture Thor: Ragnarok and speaking with ComicBook he addressed his time as an actor on the set of Green Lantern. After all, he has a bit of first-hand experience thanks to the 2011 DC wreck Green Lantern. Filmmaker and supernaturally handsome gentleman Taika Waititi has learned a lot about what not to do from subpar superhero movies. ![]()
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