r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

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u/SosseV 13d ago

Can someone explain me the casting controversy around this film? I've only heard a trans actor was cast as Achilles, which is, if you actually know the Illiad, a choice that absolutely makes sense.

Don't know what the other controversy is about though.

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u/LFAdvice0909 13d ago

It's Racism.

They are mad about Helen but not all the white people playing Greeks. They have Tom as Telemachus and Matt Damon as Odysseus and don't see an issue with those casting choices.

But the highly decorated and awarded black woman is where they draw the line.

Everyone who has an issue with this but not the other thing is flat out racist.

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u/GaiaMoore 13d ago

Someone elsewhere pointed out that this controversy stems from the compulsion to view everything from an American racial lens.

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u/LFAdvice0909 13d ago

I completely agree with that, I don't think it's as big a deal anywhere else. We are a very racist nation.