MAGA Melts Down Over Already Sold-Out Summer Blockbuster

[Coventina]

The right has landed on its next Hollywood target.

The Odyssey, the forthcoming summer blockbuster from Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan, which depicts the fictional events of the eponymous Greek epic, was the subject of a long-winded rant by Newsmax host Rob Finnerty on Thursday evening over its “rewriting of history.”

Though the Trojan War, as described in the epic, really happened, there is no evidence that any of its characters actually existed. Still, Finnerty, 44, complained on his show, “The role of Achilles will reportedly be played by Elliot Page. Looks like a guy—formerly Ellen Page, meaning the most famous warrior in history, not just Greek history—all of history—Achilles is about to be played by a transgender woman in a brand new movie.”

Elliot Page’s role in the film has not been confirmed. Other confirmed cast members include Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Lupita N’yongo, Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron, among others.

“A woman who was definitely white is going to be played by Lupita Nyong’o,” he added. “I’ve got nothing against Lupita. But I do have a problem with the complete rewriting of history. Helen of Troy was not Black. That’s not me being mean. That’s me telling the truth. The real actual truth, which we tend to do a lot of here, and Achilles was not a five-foot-one woman, but to the Left, this is all normal.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/maga-melts-down-over-already-sold-out-the-odyssey/

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Ummmmm

Helen of Troy was a demigoddess, the daughter of Zeus and a mortal woman.
Who knows what her skin color would have been?

Oh yeah, and she's a fictional character!

[chowder66]

1. To be fair, he thought it was a documentary.

[thucythucy]

2. Just like Sarah Palin thought Tina Fey's character on 30 Rock

depicted Fey's actual life.

That seems a right wing thing--the inability to tell fact from fiction.

[Coventina]

3. Well, it all starts with believing the bible is the literal truth.

[the nelm]

16. That, and their weird, obsessive penchant for gender issues and/or the sex lives of everyone else.

It's always a given with these folk. Obsessive-compulsive, neurotic, unhinged - call it what you will.

[dem4decades]

4. Who's going to tell him what color Jesus was?

[Unrepentant Fenian]

5. Facts are like Kryptonite to the right!

[jmowreader]

6. Hang on for a second here...

You mean Christopher Nolan, who makes good movies, is going to cast someone as short as Elliot Page to play a larger-than-life character?

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Meh. People were shorter then. Led shorter lives, too. nt

[ornotna]

9. Elliot is no Alvin York

But it’s just a movie.
They’ll be acting.

[Cha]

8. Talk to fucking PEDO about "rewriting history". Real History.

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[ancianita]

10. I love Christopher Nolan's films, but this time he's not fair or accurate about Greek history. From Instagram...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DURGIAjCqum/?hl=en

Nolan must want to exert artistic license here, since there's no definitive historical evidence proving Homer's existence. That said, I'm still willing to see his film.

from DeepMind AI ...

Whether the poet Homer existed is unknown, a mystery known as the "Homeric Question." While traditionally regarded as the blind, 8th-century BCE author of the Iliad and Odyssey, most scholars believe the poems are products of a long oral tradition, potentially composed or compiled by multiple people rather than one individual.


Traditional View:
Ancient Greeks believed Homer was a real, blind itinerant poet from Ionia.

Modern Scholarship:
Many experts argue that the extensive, formulaic nature of the poems suggests they evolved over centuries of oral storytelling by many poets, not just one.

The Debate:
There is no definitive historical evidence proving his existence. Some argue "Homer" was a placeholder name for the tradition, while others hold that a single, foundational genius shaped the final narratives.

Alternative Theory:
Some scholars suggest the poems were written down later, possibly by a group of scholars in Athens or Alexandria, rather than by a single poet.

Ultimately, the existence of a single, historical person named Homer remains unproven

[swong19104]

11. John fuckin Wayne

Played Genghis Khan in the 1956 The Conqueror.

And Mickey Rooney as Mr Yunioshi in Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

And so on.

[BaronChocula]

14. "But er... um... that's okay

No one really... um... those guys were iconic actors. Uh. I believe Genghis Khan was part white I believe. Ummmmm. You had very iconic... Yeah they were white, but aren't you being racist? Why can't we be inclusive of white men. Jeez. Liberals are so intolerant!"

[Collimator]

12. The Trojan War started from a dispute between three Greek Goddesses.

And The Odyssey features Sirens and a Cyclops and all sorts of other mythical figures which, frankly, I don't remember. Does anyone have any strong feelings about which "race" the Cyclopses (?) were?

[blue-wave]

13. So that wasn't a champagne bottle popping?

It was just maga blood vessels bursting. Now, now. We must watch our blood pressure.

[BaronChocula]

15. "Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

You're erasing my fantasy culture, even though I'm not even Greek or make believe!"

Unfortunately Finnerty is real. A real bagacrap.