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The fact that Nolan chose zero Greeks is kind of a slap in the face to source material. The Northman had Alexander Skarsgard play the lead and the Odyssey couldn’t throw one bone to Greece.

They could have chosen any random Greek weather girl to be Helen of Troy

Elon Musk is doubling down on his criticisms against Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey, claiming the director’s diverse casting choices were made to meet #Oscars eligibility requirements. “Who specifically is the asshole who added DEI lies to Academy Awards eligibility instead of it just being about making the best movie?” he asked. “Chris Nolan desecrated ‘The Odyssey’ so that he would be eligible for an Academy Award.” variety.com/2026/film/news…

@wil_da_beast630 Incentives explain outcomes, but Chris Nolan should nonetheless be ashamed of himself

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Who specifically is the asshole who added DEI lies to Academy Awards eligibility instead of it just being about making the best movie?

The production of Christopher Nolan received permission for 15 days of filming in Greece with a budget of 16 million euros. The Greek state gave them 6 million as a subsidy from the money of Greek taxpayers, who were never informed about the cast of the film or the distortion of the most important work in our history. The issue here is not that they received money. We Greeks would gladly have given all 16 million for Nolan to shoot a faithful Odyssey. But it should have been a film that properly represents us Greeks, Hellenism and stays true to the values and writings of Homer. Not so we Greeks could pay for a Black Helen and Clytemnestra, a Batman-like Agamemnon, a trans Achilles or Elpenor (a woman playing a male role), a Black Athena, and a script based on the worst possible "translation" that exists. In short, Nolan disrespected all Greeks, while the Greek people are now officially in the crosshairs of racism and the falsification of their history and culture. Woke Hollywood must die.

This is the first ever time where Netflix cast a White actor in a Black role.

I'm not even White, and I'm offended. Egypt never colonized Greece, although Greece later colonized Egypt, i.e., Alexander the Great. Helen of Troy was European. It's not the world's fault that Sub-Saharan Africa lacks historical greatness.

Seriously how is this show still on tv 😭

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In order to compete at the Oscars for Best Picture, all films must follow a mandated "diversity quota" This explains a lot of recent castings:

This is a real frame of Helen of Troy from Nolan's Odyssey (I just enhanced it with Grok to see it better). This is absolutely ridiculous, disrespectful, embarrassing. Wth is this??? An insult to audience intelligence, to Greek culture, This is trash!!!!! "White-armed" Helen??? I'm pissed....

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Did Christopher Nolan get bought out by Netflix or something? Wtf is this casting…

I want Nolan’s Odyssey to flop so badly… I am so tired of these woke, feminist reimaginings… Next up we get Gerwig’s Narnia!

Christopher Nolan bowed to a dying agenda that’s making a lot of noise. He chose to worship it and show disrespect toward our Greek culture and mythology, rather than create something that would remain in the history of cinema. That’s how he will be remembered: As a weak man.

Can you name a bigger downgrade?

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