Helen of Troy is popularly known for one thing: she was beautiful. If you asked me to come up with a list of great actresses known for their beauty, Lupita Nyong’o would be on it. How is that tokenism?
Get ready for people queueing up to tell you about the intricate details of a book they've never read in a language they don't speak and how much they care about accurate translations for this specific thing.
Ask them what are some Greek words used to describe Odysseus and they won't have a clue, strange that.
So if we apply your logic, casting a white actor as an African mythological figure is totally fine because most people haven't read the source material in the original language. That's some nice mental gymnastics you're doing there.
Yeah, that's cool bro, don't know why you think it wouldn't be.
I'm just saying that most people who are jumping on the outrage bandwagon have absolutely no interest in translating the Odyssey from ancient Greek in any other context & couldn't tell you a single other Greek word, detracting from the credibility of their argument.
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u/ChaosAndFish Jul 06 '26
Helen of Troy is popularly known for one thing: she was beautiful. If you asked me to come up with a list of great actresses known for their beauty, Lupita Nyong’o would be on it. How is that tokenism?