@juanitabow@gator_gum He can sure put together a great speech for the sheep to soak up that’s for sure. I’m Canadian though. A Canadian that had to leave home because of the state the country was in. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to pay 40% of my income in taxes. 60% on my OT… Liberals.. 😑
@PierrePoilievre Been in Texas since April. Won’t be back any time soon. Sadly, I’ll probably be a first time home buyer outside of my home country.. “Elbows Up” 😒
I was “black” when I read The Odyssey in high school...
...but somehow I never imagined the characters as looking like me.
Why?
Because they were GREEK characters.
I didn’t need Odysseus to look like me to appreciate his story.
I didn’t need Helen of Troy to look like me to understand her importance.
They were Greek characters from a specific culture, with a specific history.
And this is what Hollywood keeps getting wrong.
We don’t identify with characters because they look like us.
We connect with them because we recognize something human in them - their struggles, their courage, their flaws, their values.
Odysseus is a GREEK hero.
Helen of Troy is a GREEK woman.
Their identities are part of what makes their stories meaningful.
Casting Colombians and Africans and Indians as Greek ISN'T "representation."
It’s just insulting.
Stop it.