This is an absolutely brilliant essay. Major props to @FilmCritHULK.
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It is literally the driving force of the movie and the place the entire population come to a reckoning for, thus experiencing the notion of displacement - even in the Skaar, you have a colonial oppression system, wholely symbolic of slavery cities
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It's in the DNA of the entire film. It's right there. And here's someone else's great write up on it. https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/11/10/thor-ragnarok-marvel-from-a-postcolonial-perspective/ …
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How so? Thor sees the fresco of Odin and Hela conquering together, that was hidden behind the nicer one of Odin and Thor. But when he sees Odin again he doesn't confront him about the past. Instead, he gets the father-son pep talk about "Asgard is not a place."
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Even if there was an intention to confront the horrors of colonialism, it feels like the movie pulled a lot of punches it didn't have to, protected its characters, and took it relatively easy on the audience.
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