You wouldn’t like the Hulk when he’s angry, unless you can harness that anger to ensure the survival of humanity, or in the case of embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, if you want to convince people why you’re the man to get Great Britain out of the European Union.
That’s the weird situation the world found itself in a few days back, when Johnson brought up the Hulk when talking about Brexit to a British tabloid. “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets,” he said. “Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be—and that is the case for this country.”
So in that scenario, England is the Hulk, which is bound down by the restrictions placed on it by the EU, restrictions from which it will soon break free (maybe; Johnson is having just as much trouble making this thing happen as did his predecessors). Is it a good move to compare England to a mindless green rage monster? Eh, no metaphor is perfect.
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One person who definitely isn’t a fan: Mark Ruffalo, who plays Bruce Banner/the Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He took the Twitter to calming critique Johnson’s understanding of the character:
Boris Johnson forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole. Mad and strong can also be dense and destructive. The Hulk works best when he is in unison with a team, and is a disaster when he is alone. Plus...he’s always got Dr. Banner with science and reason. pic.twitter.com/jN8BDzgpWl
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) September 15, 2019
Okay, so in Ruffalo’s version of the metaphor, the team is the EU, the disaster is Brexit, and Dr. Banner is…the part of the country that wants to remain in the EU? We’re getting pretty abstract.
Anyway, Ruffalo’s tweet predictably went viral, with plenty of other people weighing in:
Though like the Hulk, the UK will wake up after Brexit, naked, cold, confused and not really sure what happened, while hoping no one died.
— Hawkes 🏳️🌈 (@_ScottHawkes) September 15, 2019
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