Looks like there's more than one hero Tom Holland. https://www.comicsands.com/musk-holland-odyssey-backlash?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
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@georgetakei Contrary to Cleopatra, Helen of Troy is a mythological figure we don't know anything specific about except that she was extremely beautiful and athe daughter of Zeus with yet another human woman (other mythological sources indicating a deviating ancestry).
So we are talking about a tale, which can, of course, adapted and reimagined. BTW: in ancient Greek theatre, Helen would've been played by a man! Thus, Homer would've been rather shocked that she's played by an actual woman. 😅
@georgetakei ...
Ok...
This is just racism
"Elon Musk previously took issue with Lupita Nyong'o's casting in the upcoming Christopher Nolan adaptation. The Kenyan-Mexican actor plays both Helen of Troy—famously described in Greek mythology as the most beautiful woman in the world"
People going "she was described as fait skinned and blond" are lying...or misinformed.
Homer, did not go into details about her, shes described as the most beautifull woman in the world" in book like The Iliate
@georgetakei@universeodon.com Lupita isn't even the first woman of color to play Helen of Troy.
Orson Welles' 1950 Paris stage production of Time Runs, which cast a 22-year-old Eartha Kitt as Helen of Troy. Her performance earned widespread acclaim and helped launch her international acting career
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The racists will say it doesn't count as it was a stage play...
Besides, Homer never Described her in detail.
