Happy isn't being literal. Happy is grieving and struggling to contain his own emotions. The film isn't promoting unhealthy eating at all. That's a crazy take.
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Promotion of unhealthy eating in pop culture (extensive spoilers, particularly MCU-related)
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*kid at her own father's funeral, mentioning a food that has thematic significance of her father's return home and the beginning of his redemption*
Happy: "Uh actually you shouldn't be having that because American dietary epidemics are a matter of utmost importance, and curbing such attitudes towards food nutrition and consumption should be central educational talking points."
Holy shit, OP. Did you need a fucking warning label on this or something?
Happy: "Uh actually you shouldn't be having that because American dietary epidemics are a matter of utmost importance, and curbing such attitudes towards food nutrition and consumption should be central educational talking points."
Holy shit, OP. Did you need a fucking warning label on this or something?
OP, what if Tony and Pepper had always been feeding her cheeseburgers with veggie or tofu patties? They lived in a cabin by a lake in the woods, what if he was being self sufficient and grew healthy food for his family?
"Your planet was on the brink of collapse. I was the one who stopped that. You know what's happened since then? The children born have known nothing but all the cheeseburgers they want and clear skies. It's a paradise."
You've got a scene with kids looking at the Hulk eating like 50 pancakes, Ant Man trying to eat a taco, and Thor drinking himself into obesity and depression, but the fucking funeral scene where just the mention of cheeseburgers to a grieving little girl prompts this thread?
God, I love Era.
God, I love Era.
OP
OP
Be patient. It took me a while to set up this new thread and provide the link to it in the original thread. By the time I got arrive to replying here there were umpteen new posts, most of which are ignorable but I don't want to put anybody on ignore solely because of their comments on this thread because that would be self serving.
I put a couple of people on ignore today but I'm removing them all now. Consider this to be the "I find the burger reference in Endgame unfortunate, Ask Me Anything" thread.
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"In all my years of veganism, the exercise, dieting, it was never personal. But I'll tell you now, what I'm about to do to your fatty greasy giant cheeseburgers, I'm going to enjoy it. Very very much."
OP, can you seriously not pick up on context sufficiently to read that scene as something other than just encouraging a kid to eat?
Do you not understand the response to grief or that that is a gentle expression of love and generosity and not some sick attempt to fatten up a little girl?
Do you not understand the response to grief or that that is a gentle expression of love and generosity and not some sick attempt to fatten up a little girl?
Whole reason Happy choked up when she asked for a cheeseburger was because that's the first thing Tony asked Happy to do for him when he got back from being a prisoner.
Morgan: "I want a cheeseburger."
Happy: "You know your dad liked cheeseburgers. And now he's dead. What does that tell you?"
Morgan: "But he was fighting --"
Happy: "He's fucking dead, Morgan."
Happy: "You know your dad liked cheeseburgers. And now he's dead. What does that tell you?"
Morgan: "But he was fighting --"
Happy: "He's fucking dead, Morgan."
It's funny because when I was a teen my mom was in the ICU from an overdose, one of my dad's coworkers showed up and took my brother and I out for a cheeseburger to give us a break from our grief. He offered to do it any time we needed a break and wanted someone to talk to.
It was a small gesture that temporarily took away the pressure of impossible grief and temporarily lessened its burden and let us know that there were adults that cared about us.
You're overanalyzing a simple throwaway callback, OP.
It was a small gesture that temporarily took away the pressure of impossible grief and temporarily lessened its burden and let us know that there were adults that cared about us.
You're overanalyzing a simple throwaway callback, OP.
This place rarely surprises me anymore with unfathomable threads, but this has taken the cake. I can't see a way this is a real concern from someone.
I think LL_Decitrig 's concern regarding obesity and processed food in general is totally valid. And since he explicitly states his concern with Endgame is minor, that he loves the movie and understands the scene is moving and poignant, etc., I think many people are overreacting in their responses.
No this is literally manufacturing narratives out of thin air from scenes which have no bearing to the narratives which are actually true
"Little one, it's a simple calculus. Your body's metabolism is finite, it's resources finite. If cheeseburgers are left unchecked, life without obesity will cease to exist. It needs correction."
I may have to read some of the Endgame OT now, thought it was all boxoffice talk but instead it's a delicious new topic.
It's a complete asspull. It completely ignores the context of the scene.
Wait, what narrative did they craft? He's not saying it was the movie'a *intent* to promote childhood obesity.
But he understands and explicitly acknowledges the context of the scene.?
Wait, are you serious, OP?!
In the German version of the movie he says "Du bekommst so viel gesundes Gemüse wie du willst, Kleiner" which translates to "I'll get you as much healthy vegetables as you want, kid."
Did he seriously mention Burgers in the American version?! Wow. Just... WOW. Why not just buy him a bottle of Budweiser and a M16 while they are at it?! You crazy Americans.
In the German version of the movie he says "Du bekommst so viel gesundes Gemüse wie du willst, Kleiner" which translates to "I'll get you as much healthy vegetables as you want, kid."
Did he seriously mention Burgers in the American version?! Wow. Just... WOW. Why not just buy him a bottle of Budweiser and a M16 while they are at it?! You crazy Americans.
Agreed. Absolutely SHAMEFUL. Might as well give the kid a suitcase nuke.
(Funny comment, BTW. Good job.)
It's not promoting unhealthy eating or childhood obesity in any way. To say so would be calling for banning all unhealthy foods - even just mentions - from popular media no matter the context.
Be before reading this thread
"Oh god, another Fat Thor thread"
Me after reading OP
"What the fuck"
"Oh god, another Fat Thor thread"
Me after reading OP
"What the fuck"
Endgame is actually against unhealthy eating habits, which is why Ant-Man's taco blows away in the wind
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