Lupita Nyong'o was confirmed as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. The announcement prompted Elon Musk to repeatedly criticize the casting on X after earlier rumors. Musk’s complaints center on claims of historical inaccuracy, assertions that Nyong’o is not sufficiently beautiful, and the idea that casting a Black woman is tied to a leftwing effort to undermine western civilization. Musk amplified posts from conservative figures and accounts, including claims that the film’s changes represent destruction of the Odyssey and western civilization. The backlash is framed as targeting both the movie and broader cultural foundations attributed to Greece.
"Musk started moaning about The Odyssey in January, when it was rumoured that Nyong'o had the role. Since a 12 May interview with Nolan in Time magazine made this casting official, Musk hasn't stopped whining; he's spent roughly a week attacking Nyong'o on X and amplifying other angry bigots. His main arguments appear to be that this is a historically inaccurate rendering of a mythological poem; Nyong'o, who was named People magazine's Most Beautiful Woman in 2014, is not sufficiently beautiful; and the casting of a Black woman in a movie nobody is forcing him to watch is inextricably intertwined with a leftwing plot to undermine western society."
"Musk replied true to a post on X by conservative commentator Matt Walsh calling Nolan a coward for not giving the most beautiful woman role to a white woman. Not one person on the planet actually thinks that Lupita Nyong'o is the most beautiful woman in the world,' Walsh said. Musk also replied true to a post by a conservative X account called C3 with 323,000 followers, which proclaimed: The destruction of the Odyssey by Nolan and the Left isn't just about a movie."
"Rather, this anonymous account said: It's about western Civilization. The Greeks were its foundation. From Democracy to Art to Philosophy to Culture. The Left wants to destroy western Civilization and everything that helped create it. Thanks for the hot take, C3, but kindly get a"
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