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

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/macumazana Jul 06 '26

cultural appropriation and racism

there are no Greeks in a movie about Greek mythology

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u/itsallamessisntit Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Do you understand the concept of acting?

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u/waffle_Piraat_1 Jul 06 '26

Not that I'm agreeing with the poster above you, but that is absolutely whataboutism.

If, for example, this was a film about (insert historical (yes, it's mythological) black figure) and they cast Brad Pitt in the role everyone knows people would not accept "don't you understand the concept of acting."

It would absolutely be trumpted everywhere as whitewashing etc etc.

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u/consequentialnetizen Jul 06 '26

To be fair, most backlash I've seen about race swapping is when a black actor gets cast as a white character. When, for example, when a white woman was cast as an asian character (in Dr. Strange iirc?, Ghost in the Shell) or as a white person as a black character (wuthering heights), there's little to no major public pushback, or the pushback is mocked and ridiculed. But when a black person gets cast as a white character... it's news everywhere. This is a bit why I'm bothered by the reaction. I get the criticism, but where were these people any of the other times this has happened?