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re: Elon Musk complains about actress choice for Helen of Troy.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:04 pm to SirWinston
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:04 pm to SirWinston
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This is why we must support "Wuthering Heights" when it hits theatres later this month,.
It's the ONE TIME in our lives that a "dark skinned" character from a historical novel has been replaced by a handsome white man, and the entire artsy left is positively SEETHING over it.
Bonus: you get to see Margot Robbie en flagrante
Sold!!
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Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:04 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
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Helen of Troy would have looked nothing like the actress Nolan cast. Helen of Troy also would have looked nothing like Diane Kruger. Helen of Troy was not black, and she wasn't white with blonde hair and blue eyes. If someone is big on authenticity and is upset about this casting, were you on the record being upset about Diane Kruger?
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Helen was widely considered the most beautiful of all mortal women. In his Works and Days, Hesiod describes her as "fair-haired Helen" (165). Homer repeatedly describes her in his works as "Helen of the lovely hair" (Odyssey,15:58), "white-armed Helen" (Iliad, 3:119) and "Helen, queen among women" (Iliad, 3:422).
Helen of Troy was always described as fair skinned with either golden or brown hair. That's the way it has always been. Changing her character to a black female is pure pandering on the part of Hollywood. Kruger's portrayal is closer to the traditional character of Helen.
This post was edited on 2/2/26 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 2/2/26 at 7:58 pm to cattus
quote:im hoping one day someone comes out with an AI movie of the civil rights era where the colors are reversed so mlk is a White guy. It becoming popular, and the sky screaming begins.
I wonder how it would go over with some today if Kunta Kinte was played by a white dood
Done in AI cause obviously no actual actors will have the balls.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:03 pm to loogaroo
Helene-isha of Troy Michigan.
I will never understand her appeal other than diversity.
I will never understand her appeal other than diversity.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:44 am to BayouBengal51
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Helen of Troy was always described as fair skinned with either golden or brown hair. That's the way it has always been.
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The earliest Greek stories about Helen are found in the Iliad and the Odyssey, composed around the 8th century BCE. In these texts, she is described as “white-armed” with “lovely hair.” Modern readers might assume this means she had very pale skin or light-colored hair, but ancient Greek words do not map directly onto modern racial categories.
I tried to cut and paste more from the article, where it does a deep dive on the actual Greek words, but it won't let me.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:59 am to donut
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then they aren't historical films.
For example, Braveheart.
Is Braveheart historical, or nah?
Posted on 2/3/26 at 11:05 am to crazy4lsu
quote:I know you're trying to be super smart as usual but the joke's on you because I could never get past the ahistorical armor to even get that far.
All the Trojans in the movie should have Northwest Anatolian blood. Troy should be referred to as Wilusa and the culture should reflect the Northwest Anatolian Bronze Age, much closer to Hittite than to Mycenaean Greek. They should probably speak Luwian too.
quote:At least they tried to make him look somewhat ching chongy so we didn't have to suspend reality too much.
Damn, wait until he finds out John Wayne was once cast as Gengis Kahn
Posted on 2/6/26 at 8:57 am to cattus
Posted on 2/6/26 at 8:59 am to PaperTiger
Can't wait to see Jason Statham as MLK!
Posted on 2/6/26 at 9:02 am to SirWinston
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It's the ONE TIME in our lives that a "dark skinned" character from a historical novel has been replaced by a handsome white man, and the entire artsy left is positively SEETHING over it.
The Passion of the Christ had Jesus played by a white guy.
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