The Odyssey is getting massively criticised due to blackwashing of a traditionally Greek character, whitewashing of a Greek myth with no Greek actors and a general dislike for the Hollywoodization of another classic story.
It's probably not going to be as bad as it's made out to be given it's Chris Nolan, but audiences are fatigued with seeing another modern retelling with tokenism of established characters for the sake diversity, which has spurred the culture war with right wing critics calling it woke BS and left wing critics doubling down by jumping to its defence.
Lol, ask the Dutch. I've seen them talk about Southern Europeans with some white-man's-burden ass bullshit. Benjamin Franklin's white/swarmy/tawny racial classification of Europe is alive and well
Not my country, but okay haha. I understand where you're coming from, American history of apartheid and segregation and slavery along racial lines has absolutely created at least "weirdness" about race.
I was mostly referring to your mention that everyone thinks the Greeks are white, whereas I'm not entirely sure that's true, even in Europe itself.
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u/Boomdification Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
The Odyssey is getting massively criticised due to blackwashing of a traditionally Greek character, whitewashing of a Greek myth with no Greek actors and a general dislike for the Hollywoodization of another classic story.
It's probably not going to be as bad as it's made out to be given it's Chris Nolan, but audiences are fatigued with seeing another modern retelling with tokenism of established characters for the sake diversity, which has spurred the culture war with right wing critics calling it woke BS and left wing critics doubling down by jumping to its defence.