Yahoo News Why Doctor Strange cut Community creator's jokes
Doctor Strange was welcome variation to the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that in recent years has been filled to the brim with sequels upon sequels of the same characters.
At the forefront of bringing this welcome change-up of characterisation was the film's director Scott Derrickson, who recently chatted to Moviefone about the film and offered some fascinating insight into how Community writer Dan Harmon was involved – or not so involved – with creating the film.
"Dan is a proper genius. He really is...my kids have seen every episode of "Community," which means that I have seen every episode of Community multiple times.
The more I watch that show, the more I think he's a certifiable genius. He really is."
Derrickson explains how Harmon had a "really striking" analysis of the film, despite not being completely au fait with the world of Doctor Strange.
"He hadn't read any of the scripts and didn't know the Doctor Strange mythology and I'm not sure how much of a comic book fan he was.
"But he saw the movie, loved it, and had some breakdown things that were very helpful. That alone was probably his biggest contribution.
Harmon then "went off and wrote different things" – but it seems his effort might have been in vain.
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"There are some jokes that might have stayed in there, but for the most part, the scenes were a little too out in Dan Harmon-land, even for Doctor Strange.
Director Derrickson concludes that Harmon certainly "made a significant contribution in the process.
"He was the voice we needed to hear at the time, and I will always be thankful and watch anything he does. He's a brilliant dude."
We surely can't be the only ones who would love to have more of an insight into those now-defunct slice of "Dan Harmon-land" storylines.
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