Westworld star criticizes Jim Hopper’s behavior in Stranger Things season 3
By Corey Smith
While many of us have been enjoying the third season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood has taken exception with one of the show’s main characters, Hawkins Police Chief Jim Hopper (Jim Harbour).
Wood, a sexual assault survivor, has tweeted about Hopper’s relationship with Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder). (Warning: There are VAGUE SPOILERS for season 3 below).
A few folks on Twitter pushed back, arguing that Hopper got angry and jealous with Joyce only after she started investigating a strange new phenomenon in her town (always a cause for alarm considering what Hawkins, Indiana has been through over the past couple years) and forgot their dinner date. In response, Wood went into more detail:
Wood replied to nearly a dozen of the replies to her initial tweet. She didn’t label Hopper as either a “good” or a “bad” guy, although as far as the show in concerned, Hopper is definitely one of the primary heroes.
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So does Wood have a point? Speaking for myself, I’d say yes, but only to an extent. Hopper was weirdly hostile this season, and he was already pretty surly. Hopper was pretty much angry to everyone he met, but his flareups of “extreme jealousy” were reserved for Joyce; Hopper was particularly peeved that she skipped their date to seek advice from Scott Clarke, her son’s middle school science teacher. It was not a good look for the lawman.
David Harbour, Winnona Ryder – Stranger Things (2019). Photo Credit: Netflix
Honestly, I thought Hopper’s behavior was intended to be funny, but context is everything. Should Hopper’s anger be taken as a warning sign? If so, is that how Stranger Things meant for us to take it, or did they aim for funny and land on creepy? What do you think?
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