17 - Thor: Ragnarok

Contextual Deviants is not a place; it's a podcast. Hosts Christian Hagen and David Gutsche, along with returning special guest Matthew Bahn, examine 2017's superhero comedy blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok through a series of randomly chosen critical lenses. Highlights include: Failed attempts at Ragnarok puns, Mom-Hat-Ma Ghandi, Hela Sweet Guyess of Death, the inevitable death of Tiny Tim, colonialism, the Minnesota Vikings' "love boat" scandal, sorry mom, a bunch of weird spinoff podcasts, and much much more! PLEASE NOTE: There is an unexpected amount of joking about and criticism of Mormonism in this episode, partly through the organic nature of the first context, but also because our guest grew up Mormon and has a lot of knowledge about the Mormon Church. We mention this later in the episode, but we want to be clear up front that our opinions and comments about Mormonism come from a personal place and are not universal or based solely on any negative cultural stereotypes or media portrayals of their faith. If you take offense to any of our statements or attitudes towards this subject in this episode, know that these views are not reflective of anyone but ourselves, and you can contact the show at [email protected] with any comments you might have.