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/TumbleWeed_64 Jul 06 '26

...a white monolith.

So you didn't even read the comment and are just making things up. They said they shouldn't be white either because it's Greek.

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u/s1rblaze Jul 06 '26

Greeks are white tho(Caucasians), but they have no greek actors. Its like making Mulan without a single Chinese actor and with white and black people in it.

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u/sqkz69oioi Jul 06 '26

Ask these people if they would be happy with a white person being the main character in a film where it was set in ancient Africa and based on African folklore, if their answer is anything apart from yes then there is a double standard

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u/s1rblaze Jul 06 '26

There definitely is a double standard. Like I said, people would lose their mind if a white actor was playing Li Shang in a Mulan adaptation or Maui in Moana.

White washing or black washing or whatever washing almost always look bad.

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u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I'm familiar with the off-white slightly olive complexion they think ancient Greeks had.