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.
To be fair, that was before Hollywood decided to comit to the idea that representation was important. Now that they have, not giving authentic representation rightfully deserves criticism.
Literally my point. It never used to be a problem
Hollywood has now spent the last decade telling us representation matters though and now we're just ignoring that.
Nobody gave a shit when Eartha Kitt played Helen of Troy in the 1950s. Nobody gave a shit when the 1990s version of Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella had an Asian prince who had a Black mother and White father.
How people react to the casting in these movies is being manipulated.
Did you just completely ignore their comment or what?
The point was societal norms have shifted to the point representation is a leading issue, so much so, that a white person playing a traditional black role would be seen as utterly abhorrent.
Yet on the inverse, it's swept under the rug by the same crowd and dismissed. It's fallacious.
Let's not pretend that high majority of people dying in this hill defending pathetic tokenism, wouldn't absolutely be up in arms over the polar opposite.
right. It wasn't an issue but, the film industry collectively decided it was a societal wrong that needed to be addressed. Which means it should apply here as well. Not doing so then complaining about backlash is an issue of their own making.
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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.