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The Dad in Twister Should’ve Just Let Go of That Door
He would’ve been fine!
The film opens on the Oklahoma farm inhabited by a young Jo Harding (played as an adult by Helen Hunt), her parents, and her dog, Toby. Debris happens, but in a way that’s dramatically convenien t. Still, even if I accept that the tornadoes of this film aren’t based on real weather but instead on the question “what if Godzilla, but a huge Roomba?” Jo’s dad still can’t beat the dummy allegations. Two, he is now too close to the tornado and attached to a giant piece of metal and wood big enough to act as a sail, sending him up into the sky like a bottle rocket of childhood trauma.
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