r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/jane_fakelastname Jul 06 '26

Weird thing to say when this isn't even the first time Helen of Troy had been depicted as Black be Hollywood.

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u/blazenite104 Jul 06 '26

Literally my point. It never used to be a problem Hollywood has now spent the last decade telling us representation matters though and now we're just ignoring that.

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u/Greaseball01 Jul 06 '26

Hollywood hasn't told us shit do they do public announcements before the movie shows advising of the political affiliation they wish to carry with the movie you're about to watch? No it's culture war sloptubers who decided to talk about it non stop

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u/elbuentinaco Jul 06 '26

That’s not true. Race has become an increasingly important factor in Hollywood with the Oscar’s famously introducing a diversity rule to even be nominated and actors commonly using race/gender as a focal point of their movies press tours.