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The Odyssey: Black Athena rises from the grave
American Thinker ^ | 05/18/2026 | J.R. Dunn

Posted on 05/18/2026 10:28:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

There are a number of questions regarding the whole Odyssey saga. One is how somebody as smart as Christopher Nolan got entangled with woke nonsense in the first place. (And yes, Nolan is smart – anybody who could take a storyline as convoluted as that of Memento and make it not only comprehensible but enthralling to the average audience is no slouch when it comes to intellect.) Another is why he felt compelled to pick up wokism just as it’s collapsing in the culture at large. It’s May 1945 in the Wachenbunker and everybody else is fleeing – but here comes Nolan racing through the ruins.

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p>Another one involves the rebirth of Black Athena.

Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization was a 1987 book (there were two other volumes, but nobody paid any attention to them) by British academic Martin Bernal. Written under the impetus of political correctness, the '80s version of wokism, Black Athena argued that the bulk of Greek culture of the classic period was derived from Africa, specifically from Egypt, but by extension from sub-Saharan Africa. (Bernal knew full well that the Egyptians weren’t black, but that made no difference.)

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Bernal was the son of the legendary British physicist J.D. Bernal, who among other things was to first to suggest building massive orbital colonies, decades before Gerard O’Neill revived the idea in the 1970s. He was also a fanatic communist, which he passed on to his offspring.

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To: SeekAndFind

The Wakanda lady doesn’t even merit a single milihelen* of hotness.

* A milihelen is the unit of physical beauty necessary to launch a single ship. Helen of Troy merited a full helen, or 1,000 milihelens.


21 posted on 05/18/2026 11:09:01 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think Brad Pitt should play Malcolm X.


22 posted on 05/18/2026 11:10:20 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: SeekAndFind
Overthinking it. They are just f*cking with us for the LULz.

And they are rich enough to do it this way.

23 posted on 05/18/2026 11:12:50 AM PDT by Salman (The Democrats have seceded from the human race. It's time for Trump to go full Pinochet.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Momento was incomprehensible. so there’s that.


24 posted on 05/18/2026 11:18:38 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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To: hanamizu

Yes, the “diversity” requirements to be eligible for a Best Picture Oscar are extensive and difficult to achieve without completely embracing DEI.

https://www.oscars.org/awards/representation-and-inclusion-standards

Based on the standards to be nominated, a Best Picture nomination almost certainly means a movie will be DEI garbage.


25 posted on 05/18/2026 11:30:00 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: MeanWestTexan

She rated a whole bunch of NEGATIVE millihelens ... a negative helen is physical ugliness sufficient to sink a thousand ships.


26 posted on 05/18/2026 11:44:07 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are beautiful black women, of course, but she is far from them.

The movie will bomb at the box office and he will win an Oscar.


27 posted on 05/18/2026 11:46:36 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg
"The movie will bomb at the box office and he will win an Oscar."

And Lupita Nyong'o will get Best Actress (hard to believe Hollywood still acknowledges any difference between male and female) for playing a white Greek woman so convincingly.

28 posted on 05/18/2026 11:55:37 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is an “own goal” of the worst kind. I’ve been looking forward to this movie for 2 years. Now? You couldn’t pay me to go see it.


29 posted on 05/18/2026 12:09:19 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: SomeCallMeTim

They better make it a comedy, like “Springtime For Hitler”, or else it’s cooked.


30 posted on 05/18/2026 12:10:18 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Sicon

Hollywood hates Nolan. Don’t be silly


31 posted on 05/18/2026 12:12:22 PM PDT by stanne
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To: SeekAndFind

“put a chick in it and make her gay and lame”

Hollywood has followed this formula for the last few years and suffered massive box office flops. The black Helen will be blamed. However I wouldn’t go see because Matt Damon is playing Odysseus.


32 posted on 05/18/2026 12:52:29 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: ClearCase_guy
“I can kill two birds with one stone. If I make piece of crap movie that checks all the Oscar boxes, the Academy will finally give me an Oscar...

There's a fallacy here: Nolan already won Oscars for Oppenheimer.

33 posted on 05/18/2026 1:28:04 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: SeekAndFind
Compare this to the 1959 movie, "Black Orpheus", where a French Director reimagines Greek Myth of Orpheus and Euridice with black actors set in the Favellas of Rio De Janiero during Carnival! It recieved a lot of criticism for reinforcing racial stereotypes, but it also won awards.

Black Orpheus

If he had the chance would Christopher Nolan do a remake with Brian Gosling and Sidney Sweeney? (Would the real star be the favellas and Christ on Sugarloaf??0

34 posted on 05/18/2026 2:58:36 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Richard Poe used to plug his book "Black Spark, White Fire" (used to lead his profile page here), and has posted on FR as recently as 2021.

35 posted on 05/18/2026 3:32:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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The rest of the 'Black Athena' related keywords, edited sorted:

36 posted on 05/18/2026 3:43:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Craftmore
Dey wuz kangs

No ...

Dey wuz grekes, wit horses 'n' sheet.

37 posted on 05/18/2026 7:20:50 PM PDT by BlueLancer (POOKIE'S TOONS - https://www.therightreasons.net/forum/35-todaystoons/)
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To: tennmountainman

😆


38 posted on 05/19/2026 9:05:27 AM PDT by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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To: Craftmore

😆


39 posted on 05/19/2026 9:05:46 AM PDT by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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To: Tell It Right

I can’t wait until he remakes King Arthur.

Hope it’s Idris Elba.

😄


40 posted on 05/19/2026 9:07:19 AM PDT by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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