Broadcaster Lucy Zelic weighed in on the controversy surrounding Hollywood’s adaptation of the Odyssey, criticising director Christopher Nolan’s casting choices and accusing the industry of prioritisi
These are the same people that said, gay roles are for gay people, physically and mentally disabled roles are for physically and mentally disabled people, So why is a lesbian woman playing a straight white male? Doesn't that go against their own logic?
After the bloodbath Disney encountered with wokeness you'd think Hollywood would have gotten the message. Apparently not. They'll hire some sort of alphabet person as a prof who checks all the boxes except for the one for being able to do math.
Helen of Troy description = a young Greek woman with long golden hair and chalk white skin with the most beautiful looks.
Nolan casts a 43 year old, average looking black woman with a shaved head.
Achilles = the strongest and mightiest warrior in all of Greek, who the sight of him made enemies cower.
Nolan casts a 5'1 woman with sticks for limbs.
I find the lack of representation of Japanese, Scottish and one-legged people in Homer’s Odyssey deeply problematic. I don’t understand why Homer did not show us their perspective. Was he a racist and an ableist?
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Nolan casts a 43 year old, average looking black woman with a shaved head.
Achilles = the strongest and mightiest warrior in all of Greek, who the sight of him made enemies cower.
Nolan casts a 5'1 woman with sticks for limbs.