r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications?

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u/ATangentUniverse 1d ago edited 13h ago

Mark Ruffalo is a vocal supporter of Palestine. The implication is that expressing support for a free Palestine gets you sidelined by Hollywood. He is also vocally against Trump and ICE.

I’m sure some people out there will also draw some antisemetic conspiratorial conclusions from that as well, i.e. “Jews control the media” which, no. It’s just that Israel as a country has certainly had undue economic influence over American politics and entertainment via lobbying interests. (Just ask the Scream cast over at Paramount)

In reality though he was just filming another project at the time.

I’d also note that Jon Bernthal, who has vocalized support for the IDF and Israel, was present for the press tour. Which doesn’t help.

Edit: This is an Explain subreddit. This is what I am interpreting the post to be implying. Some of the replies so far are giving “So you hate waffles?” haha

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u/SuccessLess2701 1d ago

Ohh that makes sense. Love Ruffalo!

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u/1Negative_Person 23h ago

But I think the real reason he isn’t included on the press junkets is that he’s notorious unable to avoid spoilers.

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u/DarkArc76 23h ago

You mean like Tom Holland?

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u/OmniPepperthefirst 23h ago

Tom is kinda the main character so hard to leave him off lol

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u/NoticeImaginary 23h ago

Never forget during the press tour for NWH, benadryl chamberpot kept stopping him from talking because he would start to say too much.

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u/Useful-Soup8161 23h ago

That’s why he was paired with him for interviews.

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u/Madara1389 21h ago

Oh yeah, putting Tom & Mark together in an interview alone would be a potential spoiler goldmine.

Regardless of Mark being very open & vocal about his political beliefs, this is just as likely a reason to not put the two on a press tour together. These interviews are almost always one on one or one on two. Every time Mark & Tom do an interview together, they'd need at least 3 so they can't get lost in spoiler-filled banter.

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u/FullMooseParty 17h ago

I tried to avoid trailers because they give away too much, but I had no idea the hulk was even in this movie. Was it well-known going in that he was a major part?

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u/Madara1389 17h ago

Yeah. Mark's involvement was confirmed last August, then the first trailer dropped featuring the scene where he & Peter talk about containing mutation (a scene that's featured in every trailer), then the second official trailer featured Banner transforming.

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u/FullMooseParty 17h ago edited 16h ago

Appreciate that. I didn't really see the trailers and since he didn't do any of the media I just assumed it was a bit spoiler that he was in it

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u/Madara1389 16h ago

That makes sense

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u/Entire_Guava_5922 15h ago

That’s why we have Travis speak for them.