Posted on 02/02/2026 8:57:13 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Elon Musk took to X on Sunday to claim two-time Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan “has lost his integrity” while debating Lupita Nyong’o’s speculated role in “The Odyssey,” Helen of Troy.
On Sunday morning, one X user claimed that if Nyong’o plays Helen of Troy, it is “an insult” to the Greek poet Homer, who wrote “The Odyssey” around 700 BCE, because he originally described the fictonal character as “fair skinned, blonde, and ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’ because she was so beautiful that men started a war over her.” Musk later commented on the post, “Chris Nolan has lost his integrity.”
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No, just NO! Would think about watching it, save for this glaring betrayal of real history. Musk is correct. Anyone putting a person of color, let alone an ugly ghetto-looking black, in the role of Helen, has to be not only be nuts, but should be strung up on the nearest available tree or lamp pole.
How about a white actor playing Shaka Zulu soon?
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White actors are soon to be banished from the trade. A Chinese maybe, depending on the strength of the Black and Mexican lobbies.
A man that has built an empire. A man whose vision is to establish a colony on Mars.
A man who has kept our space program going.
Self-driving cars
AI robots
Brain surgery robots
Computer links directly to our brain cells
and has merged SpaceX with Xai.
When Odyseus’ son goes in search of new of his father, he journeys to Sparta to consult with Menelaus... and Helen. So yes, Helen has a supporting role in a significant scene in Homer’s Odyssey.
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