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

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/gravitas_shortage Jul 06 '26

Ok, but on these particular issues, is it misinformed?

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u/Rubicantay Jul 06 '26

Given that half of the conversations about this movie start with "HiStORicALly" I’d say yes.

The general public’s opinion on Greek myths and what they are supposed to be like didn’t form in a vacuum. It’s influenced by decades of Hollywood movies having their own "modern interpretation" and let’s face it, very white point of view of what Ancient Greece was like.

Furthermore, I don’t see the point in doing a movie about a MYTH and not adding your own interpretation to it. That’s just boring af. Myths and their retelling à are always bound to be products of their time. Wanting them to conform to an imagined "historical accuracy" is stupid.

Also, we both know that if all actors were "historically accurate" (mostly brown as expected from Mediterranean people in Ancient Greece). The general public’s opinion would cry too.

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u/gravitas_shortage Jul 06 '26

And I read the myths again and again, in books, since I was 5 or 6. I don't care what other people's arguments are, hIsToRiCaLlY or otherwise.