{"id":135398,"date":"2017-11-21T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T21:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135398"},"modified":"2017-11-21T20:16:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:16:54","slug":"maori-flavoring-thor-ragnarok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/21\/maori-flavoring-thor-ragnarok.html","title":{"rendered":"The M\u0101ori Flavoring of “Thor: Ragnarok”"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a non-New Zealander, it’s probably not surprising that I didn’t spot some of the M\u0101ori \/ Kiwi \/ Indigenous aspects of Thor: Ragnarok<\/i> — from things like Valkyrie’s story to the deflating humor. But it’s fascinating and enjoyable to read about the sorts of things director Taika Waititi did here.<\/p>\n

And since it’s referenced within this article, I’ll also point to this one<\/a> for a parallel commentary:<\/p>\n

[h\/t +<\/span>Doyce Testerman<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n


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\n<\/a>
\nThor and his magic patu: notes on a very M\u0101ori Marvel movie<\/a><\/span>
\nDan Taipua explores indigenous ideologies in Thor: Ragnarok, the blockbuster movie from the king of the space M\u0101ori, Taika Waititi.<\/p>\n

Warning: contains spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, Taika Waititi is the finest New Zealand filmmaker of his generation. At the time of writing, Thor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a non-New Zealander, it’s probably not surprising that I didn’t spot some of the M\u0101ori \/ Kiwi \/ Indigenous aspects of Thor: Ragnarok — from things like Valkyrie’s story to the deflating humor. But it’s fascinating and enjoyable to read about the sorts of things director Taika Waititi did here. And since it’s referenced … Continue reading “The M\u0101ori Flavoring of “Thor: Ragnarok””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,525,15,41],"tags":[1234,1326,1327],"class_list":["post-135398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media","category-media-movies","tag-mcu","tag-newzealand","tag-waititi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Thor-Ragnarok-arena.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158042,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/13\/movie-review-thor-blood-thunder-2022.html","url_meta":{"origin":135398,"position":0},"title":"Movie Review: Thor: Blood & Thunder (2022)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 13-Jul-22 10:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"Taika Waititi continues his droll, irreverent take on gods and super-heroes. 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