Tourists visiting New Asgard attend a play version of the events of "Thor:Ragnarok," and wait with bated breath to see who will emerge from the paper prop portal that's brought out by a couple of stagehands. We know that someone costumed as Thor's evil sister, Hela, is about to burst through. In the past, Marvel Studios has been cheeky about giving actors who were being considered for roles in the MCU these kinds of cameos (John Krasinski was in the running for Captain America before he got turned to spaghetti as Earth-828's Reed Richards), so some viewers may have anticipated a Cate Blanchett-type... someone known for accents and award-worthy-dramas.

Instead, Melissa McCarthy a comedian and actor who isn't afraid to make herself ridiculous rages to the center stage wearing Hela's over-applied black eye makeup and massive, spiky headpiece. McCarthy is always funny, and it's extra clever of Waititi to have her husband and frequent director, Ben Falcone, bow alongside her as the Asgardian stage manager. The plays within the Thor movies are meant to be of questionable taste and quality, and several of McCarthy and Falcone's collaborations ("Tammy," "Superintelligence," "Thunderforce") were panned by critics. The couple deserves credit for being self-deprecating, but part of the joke here is that McCarthy doesn't look a thing like Blanchett, which is, regrettably, the worst kind of gag in which McCarthy is deployed.

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