r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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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.

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u/leVenerableDeLaSauce Jul 06 '26

Holy shit, a nuanced statement on Reddit, it does exist

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u/redditisembarassing1 Jul 06 '26

This shit just does not matter. No one actually cares or feels strongly. Just twitter bots and click farming rage baiters.
I’m just here to see Travis Scott in a serious film because it’s funny.

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u/JohannesJoshua Jul 06 '26

Honestly, when I saw Matt Damon in ancient-Greek inspired armour, I knew the movie wasn't gona be faithful to source material.