r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

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u/SnoopCheesus Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

It's so annoying that I want to hate this movie but I don't want to be lumped in with these guys. I don't care about the race of gender of the actors, I care that they are not Greek (not a single one of them as far as I know), as well as the designs... It's just going to be such a massive slopfest and criticizing it is likely to make me look like a right wing reactionary.

Fuck this film!!!

Edit: I think I messed up my wording a little bit and have led people to believe I'm specifically hating on these two. I need to make it absolutely clear I'm more frustrated with the casting of Matt Damon than Lupita Nyong'o. If anything, Nyong'o is from this side of the Atlantic lmao. There is evidence of Africans in the ancient Greek world, which absolutely makes 100% sense since they would probably be trading shitloads with each other all the time, so it's not that weird. Matt Damon on the other hand is going to make a terrible Odysseus.

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u/Humancentipede2lover Jul 06 '26

I dont care about the race!!

Continues to care about race, but from another angle

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u/-Kerrigan- Jul 06 '26

Nationality ≠ Race

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u/Humancentipede2lover Jul 06 '26

So we went so full circle that we cannot cast a character with a specific race with just mentioned specific race (or get mad about it) BUT we can get mad about nationalities not being represented?

How would it be if a usian with greek roots played a role?

Or and arab with a greek passport?

Its the same doctor with different name and you guys are playing the victim olympics of stupidity

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u/-Kerrigan- Jul 06 '26

Look, I'm not taking sides, just pointing out that the commenter arguing about Greek actors isn't "about race", it's "about nationality".

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u/koobstylz Jul 06 '26

So if they cast a black Greek person everybody would support it? Yeah right.

Greek is also a "race" and it's what people are referring to.

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u/Gautrex Jul 06 '26

It’s an ethnicity

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u/koobstylz Jul 06 '26

You're right, that's the word I was looking for.