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Nolan Casts Kenyan Actress as Helen of Troy, Sparking Accusations of Historical Revisionism
Matt Walsh Show
Ep. 1779 - The Odyssey Looks Awful. Here’s Why.
"Lupita Nyong'o, the actress, is going to play the most beautiful woman in the world and the face that launched a thousand ships, the catalyst for the Trojan War. If somebody woke up in a coma after 20 years and they wanted an update on what's happened to America in those two decades, you could simply show them this side-by-side comparison."
Matt Walsh criticizes Christopher Nolan's decision to cast Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy in his upcoming Odyssey adaptation, arguing it contradicts Homer's text which describes Helen as fair-haired and white-armed. Walsh claims this represents deliberate racial revisionism in Hollywood adaptations of Western classics, noting the casting would be considered offensive if races were reversed in an African story.
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