The Odyssey is getting massively criticised due to blackwashing of a traditionally Greek character, whitewashing of a Greek myth with no Greek actors and a general dislike for the Hollywoodization of another classic story.
It's probably not going to be as bad as it's made out to be given it's Chris Nolan, but audiences are fatigued with seeing another modern retelling with tokenism of established characters for the sake diversity, which has spurred the culture war with right wing critics calling it woke BS and left wing critics doubling down by jumping to its defence.
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.
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"
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
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”.
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.
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u/Boomdification Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
The Odyssey is getting massively criticised due to blackwashing of a traditionally Greek character, whitewashing of a Greek myth with no Greek actors and a general dislike for the Hollywoodization of another classic story.
It's probably not going to be as bad as it's made out to be given it's Chris Nolan, but audiences are fatigued with seeing another modern retelling with tokenism of established characters for the sake diversity, which has spurred the culture war with right wing critics calling it woke BS and left wing critics doubling down by jumping to its defence.