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patphil

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7. An insult to the author?

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:49 AM

Feb 3

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".

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Elon Musk is disparaging Christopher Nolan because his upcoming movie might feature a Black actress as Helen of Troy [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 3 OP

Nazi say what? eom SalamanderSleeps Feb 3 #1

Fuck off racist malaise Feb 3 #2

Musk is still in his Apartheid mindset sakabatou Feb 3 #3

Says the guy who was too evil / boring for even Epstein newdeal2 Feb 3 #4

Spoken like a true NAZI. Kid Berwyn Feb 3 #5

why on earth would the daughter of Zeus and a Spartan be blonde and fair-skinned? eShirl Feb 3 #6

For the same reason Jesus is EdmondDantes_ Feb 3 #12

An insult to the author? patphil Feb 3 #7

Back in Homer's day - in a play, Helen would have been portrayed by a boy... haele Feb 3 #13

And Odysseus never visits Epstein Island Johonny Feb 3 #8

So typical of the South African Nazi dalton99a Feb 3 #9

He would have DIED in Elizabethan England leftstreet Feb 3 #10

Dear Elon: Santa Claus and Helen of Troy are fictional, make believe entities. They have no "white" skin in the game. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Feb 3 #11

Orson Welles and many other white actors have portrayed nonwhite Othello. Racism? Ping Tung Feb 3 #14

Fuck off musk. spanone Feb 3 #15

Eloon SkuM is the last person who should Hey Joe Feb 3 #16