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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk is disparaging Christopher Nolan because his upcoming movie might feature a Black actress as Helen of Troy
As moviegoers await the Imax epic that is Christopher Nolans The Odyssey, some are already ripping apart the film.
Chiming in on speculation that Lupita Nyongo will play Helen of Troy in the star-studded adaptation of Homers epic poem, which premieres July 17, Elon Musk questioned the writer/directors integrity.
Responding on X to someone who argued the Helen in the book is fair-skinned, blonde, and [the face that launched a thousand ships because she was so beautiful that men started a war over her, calling the unconfirmed casting an insult to the author, Musk took aim at Nolan.
Chris Nolan has lost his integrity, wrote Musk on the platform he owns.
https://deadline.com/2026/02/elon-musk-mad-the-odyssey-helen-troy-black-1236704956/
SalamanderSleeps
(1,003 posts)malaise
(294,321 posts)We all came from Africa
sakabatou
(45,952 posts)newdeal2
(5,069 posts)He is changing the topic because of Epstein and the French raid on X. Nothing like some culture war clickbait bs to distract people.
Kid Berwyn
(23,722 posts)
Deport him, but first confiscate his money.
eShirl
(20,142 posts)EdmondDantes_
(1,554 posts)patphil
(8,848 posts)Homer's been dead a while now, so I don't think he gives a shit about who plays Helen. Especially since the book is most likely based on an oral version of the story.
This controversial casting is most likely being done for the publicity. As they used to say in Hollywood, "there's no such thing as bad publicity".
haele
(15,212 posts)And looking at most of the surviving friezes and pottery, the ideal beauty would have been for a large nose and lips, a thick unibrow, and kinky or curly frizzy hair done up in tight braids or twists.
They would have been North African or Middle Eastern/Turkyic looking people at the time, dark haired and very "tanned".
Only the Northern Greeks, the Macedonians, had blonde (or light brunette) hair and more Celtic features.
Modern dude-bros and KKK types got to ditch the Victorian Art and Comic Book depictions of Classical Literature and get with the history....
Johonny
(25,781 posts)He wanders all those years at sea and doesn't visit it once, come on!
dalton99a
(92,886 posts)leftstreet
(39,555 posts)Imagine his social media feed when only men played the roles of women at the village Shakespeare production
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,953 posts)Being named Elon, maybe you should learn how El, Eloah, Elyon were created.
Ping Tung
(4,244 posts)Critics and other literati still debate whether Shakespeare's play is racist or anti racist.
spanone
(141,227 posts)RACIST POS.
Hey Joe
(507 posts)pipe up about integrity as X-crement is nothing more than a child porn site now.
