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Posted on 05/25/2026 6:53:09 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
Hollywood director Christopher Nolan is being ripped by a Greek-interest publication for not having any Greek actors in his adaptation of The Odyssey.
Nolan’s film is based on the 2,800-year-old epic poem told by Homer, which follows the fantastic journey of the heroic king of Ithaca, Odysseus. It is one of the oldest known works of literature in history and was composed by a Greek man — in Greek, for his fellow Greeks. Yet Nolan’s film, toasted by Hollywood access media for its “diversity,” doesn’t have any Greeks in it at all. And the Greek City Times — an Australia-based news site “dedicated to promoting Hellenism and serving the global Greek diaspora” — is calling out the hypocrisy of that creative decision.
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The paper asks the obvious question: “once a production visibly embraces the language and optics of modern diversity politics, it becomes entirely legitimate to ask a simple question: if representation matters so deeply, why does a story rooted in one of the foundational works of Greek civilization seemingly exclude Greeks altogether?”
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“Hollywood has repeatedly condemned the historical practice of dominant industries borrowing from minority cultures while excluding the people themselves,” the paper notes. “And yet that is arguably exactly what is happening here.”
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Over the last 15 years, it seems Hollywod is less about making entertainment and more about "what can we do to piss off people more?", like a bunch of malcontented adolescents trying to 'one up' each other.
As to the last two exerpts: the Left only cares about 'cultural appropriation' when it can be used as a cudgel against others to prove their self perceived moral superiority. When that cudgel no longer has effectiveness, it gets tossed to the side like used tissue paper.
Love seeing the DEI Frankenstein turned on its creators.
Not even any black Greeks?
Giannis Antetokounmpo
A Brazilian and a Greek walk into a bathhouse...
Rich enough to have fun f*cking with us.
And getting lots of sweet sweet attention.
“The movie is going to bomb, imho”
This is all free publicity
Never in my life have I gone so many months, no almost years, with absolutely nothing to see in the theater. There is no way people are not going to flock to this movie
IMHO
And yet the biggest blockbusters are from the last 15 years.
Not "arguably" at all. This is exactly what is happening.
Casting a black woman as Helen of Troy, whom Homer described as "fair-skinned and light-haired," and a tranny as the "Ghost of Achilles" is an abomination.
Yes, I understand the new "rules" for the Academy Awards:
Standard A (On-Screen Representation): Requires at least one lead or significant supporting actor from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, 30% of secondary roles filled by at least two underrepresented groups (including women, LGBTQ+, or people with disabilities), or a main storyline centered on such groups.
I have a feeling it will do as well as the last iteration of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" - but We Shall See.
Looks Nigerian.
He is.
The Romans believed that they were descended from the refugees from Troy, specifically Aeneas, that managed to flee to the Italian peninsula, then known as Latium, and founded an empire that spanned the known world.
That would make a great movie...............
They stopped making entertainment and now it’s training
The Christopher Nolan Learing Center.
At most, movie producers should not go more than one step away from ethnicity in order to create an authentic movie. If they can’t find suitable actors in the ethnicity they want, they should look to surrounding countries. Not eliminate it altogether.
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Don't bother responding. Your posting history demonstrates you aren't an 'honest broker'.
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