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The Weird Taika Waititi Backlash Shows How Fandoms Keep Getting More Toxic
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/MarvelIf you’re so unfortunate as to spend a considerable amount of time of your day or week in the absolute worst place in the world—Twitter—you may have noticed that filmmaker Taika Waititi is facing some backlash.The New Zealand director of Thor: Love and Thunder is typically revered by those who lurk in the geekier corners of the internet, thanks to his genre work including the films What We Do in the Shadows and Jojo Rabbit. He rec