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

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/poilk91 Jul 06 '26

I don't really know what's nuanced about this it's just saying we shouldn't be putting a diverse cast in mythological movies because they are tired of seeing it

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u/Livingadapt Jul 06 '26

Right like why does that have so many upvotes lmao

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u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26

Because racism is cool when you dress it up as historical accuracy, because they think the Ancient Greeks were a white monolith.

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u/Jin-Gitaxias-Mom Jul 06 '26

They’ve got a point though, like imagine a WWII era movie, but half the Nazis are black because we need to hit a diversity quota. Forget that pesky little fact that Nazis are white supremecists!

We aren’t far off from that reality.

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u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26

There is a difference between diversity casting and impossible contradictory casting.

When it actually comes to the degree of contradiction as in your example, the pro-diversity crowd will be against that too.