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@LozzaFox Appalling behaviour from Officer Sins, here.

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@RichardHanania Wait … what? She’s some self-proclaimed foreign policy expert, no? It’s kind of essential to know the history of Bosnia.

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@ConspiracyD101 @KMD15X @RupertLowe10 @adamboultonTABB He said “a murder”, as in ‘an act of’. Whilst holding the next points in his head, ready to move on, Rogan interrupted to corroborate what was just said; Rupert then said “yes”. That’s how conversations work, and sometimes you don’t scrutinise every semantic detail in the moment.

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@siobhan1437154 😭 What a beautiful person she was.

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@PeterTatchell [redacted]

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@MorgothsReview Sigh. Is nothing sacred to these people? They ruin everything.

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@TerraDraca Exactly.

It’s quite normal for white people to grow up with black role models — Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Alexander Dumas, Michael Jordan, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Nat King Cole, Denzel Washington.

We shouldn’t tolerate this racial self indulgence.

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@SinGameforce @indigo_15 Likewise. Have a good one! 🙂👍

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@GloriousGumboot @hrguerra My defence is that later Western Cultures were shaped by Ancient Greek culture.

Because the relationship is cultural rather than ethnic, there’s room for tasteful poetic licence as far as historical presentation goes.

But a Greek production would have stricter obligations.

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@nonregemesse I promise he isn’t.

Those familiar with his work know what he’s saying — that the coverup is so disturbing because it was driven by moral righteousness.

I can see how the unfamiliar could think otherwise, but the familiar who push this are utterly unserious and unhelpful.

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@Gruodis80 @detaindeportx Hmm. I find it to be the opposite.

Charlie is smart and sound, but seems highly strung and ideological.

Rupert feels like the embodiment of someone who talks soft whilst carrying a big stick; he’s relaxed and affable, but projects true intelligence, integrity and gravitas.

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@LozzaFox He’s a crook. It doesn’t matter what he did. Any corrupt person who tries to seek power should be defenestrated and humiliated. We can redeem his reputation after he gets his just desserts.

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@SinGameforce @indigo_15 😆Baby Blue Jesus can be a bit wild.

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I think it’s possible that the casting for Helen of Troy is misguided. But because Greece is on the border of Africa, it’s not impossible for it to work, if the tone is right.

I just think too many have jumped the gun on this movie.

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@squiddinc @clairlemon I said the movie is American l, but I didn’t say the negative reaction was wholly American.

And as for the Greeks, their emotional response is understandable, but they’re still wrong and small-minded.

As far as I can see, Nolan’s version isn’t Anti Western, which is the point.

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@ETKevinsMind Your account is public. Don’t pretend you’re remotely cultured.

The casting is actually defensible, but the reasoning of those who’re against it is actually far better than your own.

Your input is like an Albatross around the neck of this film. Just give up.

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@DineshDSouza Dinesh, you're mind-reading.

Christopher Nolan doesn't have a history of being woke; in fact, his films tend to lean in the other way.

And he has a history of being a technically ambitious and impressive artist.

You should give him a chance before reacting like a fish to bait.

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@GiancarloSopo Exactly.

It's the bell curve meme.

The left side and the right side have more in common with each other than they do with the middle; but despite being fundamentally sound, the left side has a persistent, mortifying habit of farting in church.

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@LegacyProgramVP Why does everyone have to be such a pearl clutching faggot?

"Bigot! Wah, wah, wah."

"Woke! Wah, wah, wah."

When a civilisation adapts a foundational text, it is compelled to respect how the text reflects upon itself. In this case, it is a cultural, not ethnic, reflection.

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@SinGameforce @indigo_15 This standard also applies to 2004's Troy. It's entirely fine to cast white actors as the main parts, because the adaptation is seeking to reflect the story's cultural rather than ethnic heritage.

Given The Odyssey is an American movie, what Nolan is doing isn't much different.

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@SinGameforce @indigo_15 That's fair. The Kurosawa example was inappropriate.

White Jesus would be more appropriate. Despite the Israelites being real people, the connection is cultural rather than ethnic.

So like The Odyssey, it gives you leeway ... to be historically literal or culturally reflective.