10 Brilliantly Crazy Movie Fan Theories
6. Thor Is Marvel's Attempt At "Social Engineering"
“Marvel is a company that advocates for left wing ideologies and causes,” claimed The Council Of Conservative Citizens. “Now they have taken it one further, casting a black man as a Norse deity in their new movie Thor. Marvel has inserted social engineering into European mythology.”
If one group can always be relied upon to overreact, it’s the kind of people who refer to multiculturalism as “the anti-white movement.” COCC, staunch opponents of inter-racial marriage and gay rights, subsequently set up a website (since removed) that called for a boycott and claimed Marvel had “viciously attacked the Tea Party movement, conservatives and European heritage.” Thor went on to make $449 million worldwide so you can judge its effectiveness for yourself.
Meanwhile, an amused Idris Elba pointed out that nobody had a problem watching a guy whose hammer flies to him when he clicks his fingers. “That’s okay,” he said, “but the colour of my skin is wrong?”