Taika Waititi
4 episodes touching this theme- Strongly exploredThor – Put a Korg in it
Feb 2021
"Oti says the film is largely about reconnecting with a fragile Odin who hid history from his children; KT adds Loki and Odin, though after Vikings it felt like the Kidz Bop version."
Cross-refVikings - Strongly exploredBoy – Regionally flavoured Chuppa tea
Feb 2021
"Oti says it is definitely delivered, like it or not: the whole story is Boy trying to reconnect with Alamein and rebuild the memories he imagined of him; KT agrees a hundred percent."
- PartiallyJojo Rabbit – If all Elsa fails
Feb 2021
"KT asks whether imaginary Hitler is a proxy for Jojo's absent father; Oti says no: Jojo clearly misses his father, as when Rosie plays him, but Hitler is Jojo proving his nationalism."
- Strongly exploredHunt for the Wilderpeople – Ricky wicket
Feb 2021
"You both tick it a hundred percent: Hec is the father figure who pushes Ricky away because caring hurts, and KT says the journey still lands, unlike Valkyrie's will-she-won't-she in Thor: Ragnarok."
Cross-refThor: RagnarokSupernanny