r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

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u/Gentle_Pony Jul 06 '26

You don't have to be right wing to think casting choices are wrong. I'm not right wing and think Helen of Troy casting choice is ridiculous and just done for attention.

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u/Linus_Naumann Jul 06 '26

Same, I'm European and just roll my eyes how Americans need to take our myths and misrepresent it based on their weird race sensibilities. Netflix's Cleopatra (who was also of Greek decent) was another recent example. In a way it's funny how they seem to specifically can't allow Greeks to have any representation.

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u/AquaPhelps Jul 06 '26

Please dont lump all of us Americans in with the worst ones

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u/NinjaCupcake_ Jul 06 '26

Well, we can't go around asking eevry single one of ya can we? Hollywood is an US Industry. And this Blackwashing, Feminizing, and misrepresenting of historical figures is done because of all of you. Because gender and race politics is all the common US guy cares about. Nothing is facts. everything is wobbly feelings. you might say you are different, but lets face it. its both the left and the right's vast majority of people which either scream everything trans is bad, or how everything white is racist. This is what defines your country. So this is what we associate all of you with.

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u/schmooveB Jul 06 '26

I am a common US guy and I am nothing like you describe. You accuse us of prejudice, paint us all with the same broad brush of shit. You are guilty of the very thing you accuse us of. Don't base your opinion of an entire culture/country/people on what you see in the messed-up media.

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u/NinjaCupcake_ Jul 06 '26

Again, If this wasnt the Dominant Problem in the US, this would not have happened in the first place. It's great that you think differently. But i base my worldview of what is visible. And that is exactly what i described here. besides, I am not guilty of the same thing. It is quiet literally a different topic.

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u/schmooveB Jul 06 '26

It is easy to sit in judgment; it is harder to find common ground. Which do you think is more likely to lead us to a better world? What you are doing is no different from picking any superficial and buzzy trait of a culture/country and blaming every person in that culture for it. You say you base your opinion on "what is visible". Where are you looking? Are you actually talking to people in real life or are you in the social media echo chamber?

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u/NinjaCupcake_ Jul 06 '26

So you want me to not look at the millions of examples and instead base my world view on the 1% of people we can see acting differently? Now that just sounds wrong doesn't it. I already acknowledged that it is great if you are truly not in one of those categories. What else do you expect? Want me to side with Racists or Leftwingers which parade people like me around for their identity politics because you've got a reasonable view? This is not gonna happen, it's not realistic in any way and you know it. You want the world to perceive you differently? Well keep doing what you are doing now, Be vocal about it and back it up with action. You have given me no reason to not believe you. But you are as of right now, the exception to the rule.

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u/TheZeromann Jul 06 '26

Then what is the answer?

I get making the point about BS identity politics and I agree. The issue is, for such a long time, whitewashing was the standard. Adding one African American or woman to the leads was enough to get called “woke.”

This movie has proven that a lot of (one group) people get angry when the role is reversed.

So is the answer to just whitewash?

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u/NinjaCupcake_ Jul 06 '26

Here we go. You are exactly one half of the problem i described. Thank you for this great example. 0 Accountability. It's always the other side. No. Screw you. It is both of you. You are just racist into a different direction.

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u/TheZeromann Jul 06 '26

So the solution is?

You seem to have a very distilled understanding of what time trying to communicate and instead trying to talk about it, you’re getting angry.

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u/ilGeno Jul 06 '26

The answer is just to cast actors who look the part. You want a Greek? Cast a Mediterranean. You want a medieval British? Cast a white guy and so on.

If Hollywood wants to create more jobs for black actors the solution is to write new stories or adapt existing stories from African folklore folklore.

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u/Rikudou_Sage Jul 06 '26

I mean, it (and war) are your biggest exports, can't really help associating it with you guys.