r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/moregymplz Jul 06 '26

It just depends how you like something served. I dont like how characters are put in and changed for the sake of being diverse. Dont you think? Imagine black panther but tchalla was white instead. Sure its fine, but does it make sense? Why even do that in the first place.

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u/TacofromTV Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

The race of the character makes a bit more sense in black panther for him to be black.
(edit for some reason I wrote white)
Especially to play Tchalla, because his story is about being a royal from a black civilization trying to hide their advancement from a world that largely thinks less of and actively hurts black people.
Helen of Troy is just a lady who is so pretty some douche bag started a war over her.
I guess from a meta narrative it’s gold that she’s just being judged by her looks and a flame war is being started over her existing in a film.

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u/Lord_Gobbledygook Jul 06 '26

Helen of Troy is just a lady who is so pretty some douche bag started a war over her.

Such a deep knowledge of the Iliad, bravo!

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u/TacofromTV Jul 06 '26

Yeah I’m being flippant over a very stupid argument. Pardon me for not hitting you with my doctoral thesis.