The Taika Waititi Fatigue Is Real

The internet can be a useful, if flawed, barometer for gauging when public opinion sours on a celebrity, even for the most benign offenses. It wasn’t long ago that Lin-Manuel Miranda was basking in near-universal acclaim for Hamilton—now, Gen Z has turned on him for being an avatar of millennial cringe. (As a fellow millennial, that stings, but also, I get it.) More recently, the digital pitchforks have been sharpened for another seemingly innocuous figure: Taika Waititi.