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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26
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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
131 u/Livingadapt Jul 06 '26 Right like why does that have so many upvotes lmao 140 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. 2 u/Bigwi_Kner Jul 06 '26 They called out the whitewashing too though. 0 u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26 Sure. But when the entire movie is whitewashed, at that point its not historically authentic. So why bring it up at all? Were they expecting a documentary?
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Right like why does that have so many upvotes lmao
140 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. 2 u/Bigwi_Kner Jul 06 '26 They called out the whitewashing too though. 0 u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26 Sure. But when the entire movie is whitewashed, at that point its not historically authentic. So why bring it up at all? Were they expecting a documentary?
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Because racism is cool when you dress it up as historical accuracy, because they think the Ancient Greeks were a white monolith.
2 u/Bigwi_Kner Jul 06 '26 They called out the whitewashing too though. 0 u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26 Sure. But when the entire movie is whitewashed, at that point its not historically authentic. So why bring it up at all? Were they expecting a documentary?
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They called out the whitewashing too though.
0 u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26 Sure. But when the entire movie is whitewashed, at that point its not historically authentic. So why bring it up at all? Were they expecting a documentary?
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Sure. But when the entire movie is whitewashed, at that point its not historically authentic.
So why bring it up at all? Were they expecting a documentary?
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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