Yes, I'll defend Nolan on this. Considering his vision for this Odyssey film he made the right call casting an African actress in the role.- Nolan's Odyssey is obviously not made for historical accuracy, but rather to universalise ancient Greek myth and retell a heroic epic for all of humanity. A historically accurate film always tends to become limited and quickly forgotten. Nolan clearly wants his film to transcend time and culture revitalise Greek myth in the 21st century.- Beauty is complex, multi-faceted and ethereal. Chuds who are upset about Lupita are autistic materialists who can't comprehend beauty beyond the quantifiable. In their minds Helen of Troy must be white and blonde because: 1) that's how the text describes her and 2) the popular consensus is that white and blonde is the ideal female beauty. This is the mindset of a peasant, only concerned with the immediate and the worldly. The ancient Greeks however were an aristocratic society of warrior-poets and their understanding of beauty would have been much more appreciative of the discrete and the novel. Homer's emphasis on Helen of Troy's Nordic features is matter of emphasising her novelty and unique beauty in relation to the average, contemporary Greek. When you understand this you also understand why a historical accurate casting of Helen would have fallen flat, considering what Nolan is attempting to accomplish. His choice of Lupita actually stays true to Homer and the Greek spirit in a way that no chud seems able to comprehend. Black women are not considered conventionally beautiful and that is precisely why Lupita Nyong'o embodies that novelty and sense of fascination which the ancient Greeks would have seen in a Nordic woman.
Should have been TYLA.
>>220556761she will win 10 oscarsalways trust nolaninternet mocked the cast of heat legend as jokernever doubt nolan castingtv doubted banes voice and the cast of tdkrand now bill wilson cia is a timeless freaking legendfor you
bro the only reason she's in is the movie wouldn't be eligible for awards, I doubt he gives a fuck otherwise. There isn't some deeper decision making by it
>>220556761WEWUZEVERYTHANG
whites have been playing non-white historical and myth figures for a century, chuds need to learn some humility and self-awareness
You don't hear /tv/ chuds complain about Vanessa Williams in the 90s version
>>220556822yes, because everyone likes looking at whites. meanwhile not even niggers like looking at niggers.
>>220556761That's a lot of cope for niggers having no culture and having to steal everything from Whites.
>>220556840>b tier straight to vhs slopvs>one of the biggest directors ever
>>220556761OOOK OOOK AAAAAAAAAK OOOOOOOOOK*beats chest* OOOOK OOOOK OOOK
>>220556761If she grew up in the West, how does she have any less claim to the story than some Irish American?
>Poopita BogalongoYeah, no.
>>220556761nobody reading your faggot bait slop
>>220556761I am not reading all that but hear this: I'm not watching nigger slop
>>220556761Why does her neck look so old. They couldnt put makeup on it as well?>>220556840Those tight braids look painful holy shit. That is how you end up with premature balding
>>220556778
I dont see why there can't be Ethiopian characters in the story
>>220556761>black people realizing that whites yuck their yum and they dont like their women.........again.........for the 10 trillionth time.
Why is this the only thing people are talking about with the film
>>220556761>Nolan clearly wants his film to transcend time and cultureAnd yet it will be stuck being a piece of culture that is quickly being left behind, the culture of woke.
>>220556761The biggest problem is that she's not beautiful, there must be some pretty black actress he could have cast
>>220557904Maybe that's one of the points he's making with this casting choice. Helen was actually ugly and was used as a flimsy excuse to go to war.
>>220556840I just looked her up and she somehow looks like a different person on each photo. Wtf?
>>220557904>if the QWEEN was hot then it would be okno.
>>2205579264d chess
>>220556840Noone complains about the fair skinned conventionally attractive mystery meat actress that is supposed to play a fair skinned conventionally attractive person? How did you figure it out?
>>220556840Vanessa was like Stacey Dash. basically an honorary white woman.
>>220559293i can see her goatee.
>Bumpupu Ngubu
>>220556761She looks like a fucking balloon animal.Pass.
>>220557926Technically the war only happened because Odysseus really wanted Penelope instead of Helen so he created a plan that involved several Greek kings swearing an oath to be an eligible bachelor for Helen by agreeing to support whoever king ends up getting with her. When Paris kidnapped Helen, Agamemnon used this oath to get all the Greek city states to attack Troy since if it wasn’t for the oath, most of them wouldn’t have bothered with the war in the first place.
>>220558025>fair skinnedso that's how bad it got in america?
>>220556761black women are ugly as fuck. stop making excuses for DEI casting
>>220556778No, her accent is terrible and she needs to get that mole on her chin removed.
I’m white and haven’t dated a non black woman since 2017
>>220556778>an industry plant with her sole talent being pouring a bottle of water down her asscrack while twerkingi really hate the media industry
>>220556761How much Helen is even in the odyssey
>>220556761>Helen of Troy must be white and blonde because: 1) that's how the text describes herSounds legit to me