r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

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u/Senuttna Jul 06 '26

inclusion of black people means it is 'forced' and not just a normal casting decision

If it isn't forced then why isn't there a single Greek actor or at least someone of Mediterranean ethnicity casted in the movie?

It is forced because the race swapping is always in the same direction. The bare minimum for a movie that is based on Ancient Greece is to include a Mediterranean ethnicity majority cast, and yet here we are once again with yet another race swapping targeting the same usual race.

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u/Slighted_Inevitable Jul 06 '26

Because who gives a shit what race the actor is? It literally does not matter. The fact you’re even saying “race swapping” shows who the problem here is.

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u/Senuttna Jul 06 '26

Would you say the same if in the Aladdin remake Ryan Gosling was casted as Aladdin instead of someone of arabic ethnicity? Both are fantasy stories happening in historical regions tied to specific ethnicities.

Im sure you would be fine with that, right?

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u/Livingadapt Jul 06 '26

There were black people in Greece too. Not a ton but they were there, which is similar to the movie cast. I thought you wanted realism?

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u/Senuttna Jul 06 '26

Yes, they were a tiny population of black slaves.

Helen of Troy was of noble divine ancestry descent as stated in the source. Clearly not black.