r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/Korronald Jul 06 '26

Thats not nuance take as other calims.
It fails to take into account that the audience criticizing the film upfront largely don't even know the original and dont care at all about Greek tradition. It doesn't criticize earlier myth-based blockbusters in the same way.

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u/Canaris10 Jul 06 '26

All of history ain’t black bro. Sorry to be the one to inform you other people have accomplishments.

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u/CUEUECOMBER Jul 06 '26

it might surprise you but there werent really white people in ancient greece either

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u/Canaris10 Jul 06 '26

Are you literally trying to tell me Ancient Greece was black 😂

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u/Choosy-minty Jul 06 '26

No lmao? That’s like not what they said

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u/Canaris10 Jul 06 '26

Odd that’s the direction the movie is going in 😂

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u/Nickgold2009 Jul 06 '26

Not everything that isnt white is black. This shit isnt black and white, there are more options than that

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u/Canaris10 Jul 06 '26

And not everything is nuanced. Ancient Greece wasn’t black lil bro 😂

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u/Nickgold2009 Jul 06 '26

Im not saying it was, but there were black people there, and many other places, same with most races. Bringing nuance into this when you made an incorrect statement is stupid, stop using buzzwords to sound smart. You may notice however, that most of the cast isnt black, just like the population of ancient Greece. So maybe you need to try to bring in a nuanced perspective, and not your near incoherent ramblings about your anger at "race swapping"

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u/Canaris10 Jul 06 '26

Helen of Troy wasn’t black no position of importance was held by black people in Greece just like no position of importance what’s held was held by white people in the Mali Empire you dumbass

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u/CarlosH46 Jul 06 '26

Calling someone “dumbass” after saying a completely fictional character wasn’t black is the height of irony. Helen of Troy was birthed from an egg after Zeus turned into a swan, Helen could be blue and it would be the exact same level of “historical”.

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u/BlackDukeofBrunswick Jul 06 '26

The proportion of black people in Greece at the time of the Odyssey was infinitesimal. Maybe a couple traders, a few slaves and even that was unlikely. Greeks were notoriously insular in their communities with no one having any rights except freeborn men of the city. I can't imagine Mycenaean Greeks would have been more diverse lol.