r/memes Jan 27 '23

Netflix did a Netflix again

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u/Dankalii Professional Dumbass Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

Black or white, they're both fucked in the heel

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u/iSmellDepression Jan 27 '23

That sounds kinky

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u/Kazodex Jan 27 '23 Take My Energy

Man, it's gonna to be awkward when Black Achilles refuses to fight until Agamemnon returns his favorite slave...

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u/3000_F35s_Of_Biden Jan 27 '23

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🗿🗿🗿🗿

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u/halbtag Jan 27 '23

Especially as Achilles had presumably the same skincolor as his slave.

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u/ara9ond Jan 27 '23

Give this man the kewpie doll!!!

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u/Wdrussell1 Jan 27 '23

I mean...technically they sold their own people into slavery. So...kinda true.

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u/keito_elidomi Jan 27 '23

Please tread on me 🐍

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u/Moxie2351 Professional Dumbass Jan 27 '23

fellow dumbass hello

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u/babyduv Jan 27 '23

Hasn't that show been out for like 4+ years now? I remember seeing videos of people critiquing it years ago. Why is everyone talking about it now??

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u/Necromorph2 Jan 27 '23

Velma brought it front and center

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u/Faustinwest024 Jan 27 '23

Clint East wood rides into wakanda

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u/Hangry_Jones Jan 27 '23

Man that's sick, im fine with race swapping now

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u/Faustinwest024 Jan 27 '23

Lmao the good the bad and the white panther. He has a Mexican stand off with klaw and man ape

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u/Hangry_Jones Jan 27 '23

"Do you feel lucky Punk?

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u/Faustinwest024 Jan 27 '23

I thought swapping Denzel for the old white guy was a good trade in the equalizer series. That’s another I thought worked out better. I really liked that adaptation with D Washington

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u/Hangry_Jones Jan 27 '23

Yeah, twas good shit as grandma would say

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u/Sinewave90 Jan 27 '23

What also worked surprisingly well was Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker in that now cancelled Resident Evil show imo.

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u/exwhyzii Jan 27 '23

Do you feel lucky Mutha F@3%A?

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u/GoneFishingFL Jan 27 '23

why can't he be the black panther?

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u/Faustinwest024 Jan 27 '23

He still can be lol. We can tag him in at 92 years old lol

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u/Necromorph2 Jan 27 '23

Exactly ! How stupid would it be to have a tv show or movie about the Zulu royal family and have a bunch of white people in there ? It would be dumb

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u/StaryWolf Jan 27 '23

I mean let's not pretend like Hollywood hasn't replaced non-white characters with white people often in the past.

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u/FumeUGSEnjoyer Jan 27 '23

I would like to see Jennifer Lawrence as Nelson M. in a parody lol

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u/CBerg1979 Jan 27 '23

Aubrey Plaza as Andy Warhol.

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u/Sad-Pressure-1942 Jan 27 '23

What's funny is they only replace white characters with black characters, cause I guess that's equality. You never see the industry replacing a white character with say a native american, oriental asian, asian-indian person, hispanic person, etc... Hell they've even routinely put Indian-Americans as taxi drivers in literally dozens of shows/movies... yet that's not seen as an inappropriate racial stereotype. Total double standard.

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u/Mumakilla Jan 27 '23

Yeah, I remember the time when they used to black face.

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u/Moppermonster Jan 27 '23

You mean like Hollywood did for the past 50 years?

People would consider that fine.

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u/IMSUREIMACAT Jan 27 '23

Then there's a much bigger problem apparently

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u/OldManFromScene13 Jan 27 '23

Everyone wants to jump at the chance for internet points.

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u/MrSmiff020 Jan 27 '23

they need to stop making white characters black and start making shows about black people that did really good things

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u/Fiskepudding Jan 27 '23

Like "King Richard"

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u/Stock-Hippo9570 Jan 27 '23

Maybe Netflix writers are from Florida and weren't allowed to learn black history?

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u/MrSmiff020 Jan 27 '23

idk what this means im not american

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u/Stock-Hippo9570 Jan 27 '23

The governor of Florida blocked schools from teaching black history.

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u/MrSmiff020 Jan 27 '23

thats horrible

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u/Neonto91 Jan 27 '23

As if black history wouldn't offer awesome potential heroes...

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u/HazardousPineapple Jan 27 '23

There are PLENTY - case and point being the black samurai that lived in feudal Japan, where's his movie NETFLIX???

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u/GoblinTM Jan 27 '23

Got a whole show actually, Yasuke it a really good show less historical fiction more fantasy but still based around that person. Highly recommend

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u/dragonwithin15 Jan 27 '23

Which is honestly why I didn't like it. It felt like they were saying, the only way a black dude could be a samurai is in fantasy.

I'm sure there was more to it, but I was really excited for a historic retelling.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

I’m going to be honest that sounds like a spot on summary, and it sounds like an awful series

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u/hitman7056 Dirt Is Beautiful Jan 27 '23

Not a movie but they did release an anime named Yasuke. It's not the greatest but it's there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

There’s one story about an african man that was taken by the monogolian chinese empire and he grown up to be a samurai

Instead of using these cool stories, they try to make a story of a greek man diff, shit makes no sense

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u/ancienttacostand Jan 27 '23

It’s never been about good representation it’s been about fanning the flames of the culture war by feeding those “white replacement” folks easy fodder.

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u/Barry_Bone_Raiser Jan 27 '23

All illustrations: blonde hair blue eyed movie star

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u/msamael0666 Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

More like, all illustrations: sex symbol, semi-invulnerable Demi-god, so Brad pitt is probably the closest they could find to that description, should have dyed his hair though. Edit: apparently Homer described his hair to be bright and radiant so that fits too

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u/Barry_Bone_Raiser Jan 27 '23

Brad pitt is a gay sex symbol?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Achilles was bi

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u/BiggerChungus316 Jan 27 '23

Dude, in most Greek myths, everyone would fuck everything.

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u/ShadowTown0407 Jan 27 '23

Yep the thing that they were was Horny

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u/Sinewave90 Jan 27 '23

Remember when Hades married his own niece (persephone) ?

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u/Tortue2006 Jan 27 '23

Especially the gods

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u/XxboofmasterxX Jan 27 '23

fave fanfic, the fictional dude was bi.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

In the original fictional texts anyways

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u/thelastmelonnn Jan 27 '23

Achilles was blonde

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u/CreedOfIron Jan 27 '23

Didn't Homer describe his hair as bright and radiant though? I feel like thats not a huge issue.

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u/msamael0666 Jan 27 '23

I assumed he had Mediterranean characteristics, but if homer says its bright and radiant then its bright and radiant, tbh it actually makes Brad Pitt the perfect choice for Achilles, since he is known for his stylish hair, being ultra rich and influential also gives him semi-invulnerability lol

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u/Apollon1212 Jan 27 '23

When reading achilles's description a blonde, kinda tanned, muscular tall person comes to my mind. But this looks like just another velma story.

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u/JohnnyRock30 Jan 27 '23

Blonde Jesus approves of this.

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u/Barry_Bone_Raiser Jan 27 '23

May white jesus bless you this fine evening

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u/OviliskTwo Jan 27 '23

I hate anglo-saxon Jesus. He's the worst Jesus.

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u/ThorIsMighty Jan 27 '23

I like my Jesus in a tuxedo t-shirt so he shows he can be formal, but also that he likes to party.

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u/blessthefreaks1980 Jan 27 '23

Don’t you put that evil on me.

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u/ImportanceKey7301 Jan 27 '23

How so? Korean jesus is most unrealistic, but the coolest.

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u/CaseyG Jan 27 '23

At least it's the right continent.

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u/ImportanceKey7301 Jan 27 '23

Bruh.... fucking lol. Thats the dumbest, funniest thing ive heard all week.

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u/Sinewave90 Jan 27 '23

Korean Jesus is clearly PSY so agree with the cool part

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u/Palesalad Jan 27 '23

How is the stereotypical depiction of Jesus Anglo-Saxon? Anglo-Saxon refers to the people of southern Britain before the colonization of England by the Norse and the invasion by the Normans.

If anything surely he looks Italian or Venetian which is understandable when you think about who was painting him.

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u/Diazmet Jan 27 '23

Blonde Italians?

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u/wwcfm Jan 27 '23

There are plenty of blonde Italians, particularly in the north.

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u/Diazmet Jan 27 '23

So the swiss

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u/wwcfm Jan 27 '23

More like Central and Eastern European. Lots of migration in Europe after the fall of western Rome.

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u/Diazmet Jan 27 '23

Yep don’t forget the moors but this is pre time we are taking about

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u/wwcfm Jan 27 '23

Moors in northern Italy or are you talking about Sicily?

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u/Diazmet Jan 27 '23

White Jesus was based off Leonardo Divincis boyfriend…

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u/shnickschnack Jan 27 '23

Here we go again, it wasn't his boyfriend and Leonardo da Vinci probably wasn't gay

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u/RoboAbathur Jan 27 '23

That's totally not a stereotype. I mean like don't you have blonde hair blue eyes and huge biceps?

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u/Barry_Bone_Raiser Jan 27 '23

Nah im a Netflix adaptation

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u/Mbot146 Jan 27 '23

thats the way to go! :3

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u/ComprehensiveFee2743 Jan 27 '23

Exactly, the armor of Netflix adaptation is seems to be made of a more dark material.

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u/The_Mega_Man192 Jan 27 '23

nah nah, it’s clearly that the color of the metal is more of a gold/brass color than a dark iron color

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u/heartofgold48 Jan 27 '23

I am not white and I am all for diversity but this fake diversity is really annoying.

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u/T-mac_ Jan 27 '23

I'm black... and I'm sick of this shit.

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u/H4LF4D Jan 27 '23

Honestly at this point I'm not sure if the race swap is meant to sound like they care about diversity or just a scapegoat for when people don't like the show. Either way, so fake and really disappointing.

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u/joshuafischer18 Jan 27 '23

THANK YOU!! There are so many great folktales and stories of black characters. Just create something new and creative and there will be no backlash of creators ruining legacy series like Scooby doo and many more

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u/IndianaGeoff Jan 27 '23

Is there even a greek descent actor in the cast?

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u/RoboAbathur Jan 27 '23

Not that I know of, but I'm Greek and posted a meme about the series, does that count?

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u/IndianaGeoff Jan 27 '23

Close enough for Netflix.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Are you a greek god though?

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u/CookieCutter9000 Jan 27 '23 Bravo!

Should have done this meme with the Vikings TV show. Holy hell, there is nothing I've seen blackwashed as badly as that show; not in number of changed people, but the sheer improbability of it. The Vikings were all of the same race, near to no exceptions in the annals of history. They cast a black woman as Jarl... in the north, and then act like "women can raid too! Yaaasss!" Like sure but wasn't raiding a terrible scourge that brought misery and destruction to entire peoples? Why would you want to portray that as a good thing?

It's so out of the realm of possibility that any and every justification just stinks of cringe. Just make a show about actually amazing African history/mythology. Can we finally get a "Tales of Mwindo" series? Oh, but let me guess, it wouldn't be "marketable."

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u/GoblinBreeder Jan 27 '23

I'm Asian and don't want to see POC in vikings as much as I don't want to see white people in Mulan.

Woke washing is patronizing. If you want Asian representation, there is a massive amount of historical culture to build around that allows for the casting of Asian people. The same is true of African culture.

Nobody complained that there wasn't any diversity in Black Panther. If there was so much as a single white guy we know they would have. And they'd be justified to, just like people are justified to complain about a black Achilles, a black viking Jarl, etc.

Stop using culture and race as virtue signaling quotas.

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u/forgetyourhorse Jan 27 '23

There was one, but they went out of their way to call him a broken white boy and tell him that he wasn’t allowed to speak while he completed one of the most important aspects of their climactic plan and saved millions of lives.

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u/malighos Jan 27 '23

Pretty much this. China has some awesome movies (obviously propaganda but idgaf) about 3 kingdoms era, wukong or the pirates era but that shit ain't advertised in the west. Instead they have to make everything black.

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u/Destroyer1559 Jan 27 '23

White-adjacent opinion detected and disregarded.

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u/guesswut-chickenbutt Jan 27 '23

Are you speaking on Vikings: Valhalla? I haven’t seen it yet, but Vikings didn’t have black people in it until they started sailing the underside of Europe and I wanna make sure I’m not going crazy. 😵‍💫

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u/CookieCutter9000 Jan 27 '23

Yup, straight up blatant historical revisionism. And you're not crazy btw, I too would like to see pretty much anything related to people's history try to stick to... history, and not allow people to steal the identity of other ancient cultures for the funsies. You seem perfectly normal to me!

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

I feel like replacing white historical characters with POC only hurts their community and causes because of the backlash it receives today.

But anyone remember Cinderella with Brandy? The Prince was Filipino, the queen was black and the king was white? Well NOBODY gave a fuck about it then. We thought it was funny that the black mom and white dad had an Asian son, but they were innocent goofy giggles. We are just so damn polarized today and cancel culture has bled over to the other side. It’s gotten so bad and now millions of people are infuriated because Ariel is black. Race switching historical characters are ruining the dramatic arts because now people are offended by POC playing fictional characters. Though I do think the Velma characters are unnecessary.

But again, it’s not furthering real movements. Give POC history- that isn’t about slavery- credit where credit is due.

Thx for coming to my Ted Talk

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u/Force3vo Jan 27 '23

The thing about Velma isn't even the racial swaps. It's that they also are character swapped.

Velma was a bright and often arrogant woman who used her intelligence to solve mysteries in the past. Now she goes off about white people and does stupid shit all the time while being absolutely atrocious to everybody in her life.

Shaggy was basically the stoner guy, easy to scare, munching on everything but being the best friend you could have. Now he's a cool suave guy, because black people apparently have to be, who has no issues selling a kidney to give Velma money? Like, that's not what old Shaggy would do.

I believe the plan Mindy has is to have big life changing events (Fred going through puberty and Norville getting into 420 culture) that will completely change their entire character later towards what people know but honestly it's just bad writing.

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u/TheJelliestFish Jan 27 '23

There were small amounts of black people that had migrated into Europe and Asia before industrialization, uncommon as it was. One such man became kinda legendary among samurai because his unusual appearance would throw off enemies

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u/Cuntilever Jan 27 '23

Which Vikings? The one in Netflix? I haven't finished it yet but there's no POC that's out of place, yet.

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u/TW4JQ Jan 27 '23

This has been my view for ages and for some reason film makers don't see this. Stop changing things that actually exist and make exciting new films about cultures that are historically correct AND entertaining. I doubt any culture wants people inserted into forced places in others when a perfectly good story could be told about their own.

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u/Large-Statistician-3 Jan 27 '23

At least it wasn't negative towards black guys. Didn't really affect anything. Velma literally made the black dude a stoner simp. Pretty messed up.

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u/GoblinBreeder Jan 27 '23

I mean Shaggy was already a stoner before they changed the color of his skin and called him Norman. The entire show is shameful garbage though

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u/Idkrlyuwu Jan 27 '23

not being racist or anything but why do they make characters who werent black, black

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u/xZethx Jan 27 '23

Laziness, easier to take the European stories and race swap them than actually doing research and making a show about the rich culture in Africa. There are some wild African folktales and stories, but they’ll never be used because the directors will never put in the time to actually learn the culture. Instead they do a race swap to look inclusive.

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u/GoblinBreeder Jan 27 '23

Black Panther got absolutely circlejerked as some exceptional marvel movie when in reality it was just as average as every other marvel superhero movie. Peak virtue signaling.

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u/Odd_Otaku Jan 27 '23

What makes it worse is that it's common fact among historians that the Greeks thought pale skin to be beautiful, and Achilles was thought to be an extremely beautiful man. Which basically confirms that the actual Achilles (at least the story version) has always been white.

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u/Odd_Otaku Jan 27 '23

No, I'm not trying to be racist, and usually I would agree with the inclusivity, but I am passionate about Greek mythology and stories as that stuff was literally my preferred pass time (reading it) growing up.

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u/a_rabid_anti_dentite Jan 27 '23

history

Pretty sure there's no solid evidence of an historical Achilles; he's mythological.

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u/BolleBozeBeer Jan 27 '23

That’s what they said about Troy too once.

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u/a_rabid_anti_dentite Jan 27 '23

And yet the dominant narrative of the Trojan War is the Iliad, a work firmly rooted in mythological tradition, open to a wide variety of interpretations in new cultural contexts.

No onscreen adaptation of the Trojan War can claim any kind of serious historical accuracy, because so little is known about whatever events constituted the historical war.

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u/BolleBozeBeer Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

Don’t need to.

Homer was clear enough, thst it can’t be verified doesnt mean you can now treat it as sheer fantasy.

The image of Achilles is established, like stitch (from leeLO, stupid error correct, and stitch) being blue is established, if you turned stitch green, do we now hate the color green? No ofcourse not.

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u/MrTwentyeight Jan 27 '23

Yep,him being african though is probably less factual than earth being flat

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u/N3rot0xin Jan 27 '23

Sometimes it's ok for a character to stay white..

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u/Blzeebubb Jan 27 '23

Or maybe they could have used actors of Greek and Turkish descent. But yeah, all of that Mediterranean skin and hair would look too terroristy for sensitive white Netflix viewers.

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u/Ok-Pipe859 Jan 27 '23

Yeah turkish werent in Turky at that time

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u/Blzeebubb Jan 27 '23

Yes, and the Greeks were different as well (no Slavic invasion yet.) But there were no white boys from Missouri either, so how could one be Achilles?

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u/pleetis4181 Jan 27 '23

And you know this for a fact? 🙄

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u/eatingbabiesforlunch Jan 27 '23

Ngl Netflix racist af, they think Greeks and sub sharan Africans are same smh.

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u/fast_t0aster Jan 27 '23

I don't really care if a character is black at all, but for fucks sake stop changing characters race, religion and gender. Just make new characters.

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u/deanominecraft Jan 27 '23

The first one is an illustration as well

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u/CajunRabbit Jan 27 '23

Nothing like some blackwashing to show how "diverse" you are..... /s

How about some original awesome stories?? Like the African man who became a God damn samurai in feudal japan... I want to see that show/movie...

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u/Blorbush Jan 27 '23

But that requires effort and creative writing

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u/Kitchen_Principle451 Jan 27 '23

I understand the outrage, but I guess it's Hollywood's way of apologizing for previous racism and all. I don't know what to make of it since I'm not white myself, but I do have some favourite traditional white characters. For me it probably depends on the actor's performance rather than their race.

But, as an African, it pisses me off that African actors rarely get to portray African characters, so it's just weird to watch. I mean look at the woman king. Not exactly the best film ever, but it's watchable. I love Viola Davis, but God did I cringe listening to the fake accents by her and other actors. I mean I'm not West African myself, but I can spot a fake West African accent from miles away.

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u/TheOnlyVibemaster Died of Ligma Jan 27 '23

What a Netflix move

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u/NoWorries124 Jan 27 '23

When will they make a show about African history? There is so much potential for a movie or show about Mansa Musa.

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u/RaspberryDugong Jan 27 '23

What if whites replaced every traditional black character?

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u/Octavious19 Jan 27 '23

“The Underground Railroad” 2024 release starring Sandra Bullock as Harriet Tubman.

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u/RaspberryDugong Jan 27 '23

PeeWee Herman as Malcolm X

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u/SuumCuique1011 Jan 27 '23

"Roots", starring Jim Gaffigan as "Kunta Kinte".

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u/HoHoey Jan 27 '23

Depends on the context. If you wanna replace Lando from Star Wars with a white man it probably wouldn't matter much. If you make the character of Black Panther white, in a movie where the main villain wants to fight against marginalized oppression against black people then it kind of undermines the whole story you're trying to tell.

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u/Skyblacker Jan 27 '23

You'd get practically every movie based on the Bible.

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u/RaspberryDugong Jan 27 '23

That’s delusional

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u/Monkeyarm0913 Jan 27 '23

Just like when they made the honeymooners with an all black cast. Nothing wrong with that, but can you imagine the hypocritical reactions if they made an all- white version of the Jeffersons? Equality is just hypocrisy.

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u/Electronic-Ad1502 Jan 27 '23

I like how the “all illustrations” looks absolutely nothing like Achilles would have. Considering he was you know , Greek.

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u/RoboAbathur Jan 27 '23

Achilles was described by homer to have pale skin and radiant hair. So yeah blonde is probably what he was.

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u/Drumcan8dog Jan 27 '23

Yeah, but you can't complain until you fix all Jesus portraits.

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u/1ReservationForHell Jan 27 '23

Most of the white Jesus portraits came out of the Renaissance and spread with Catholicism and their art. They were white, they really only knew of other white people, so it stuck.

It's a completely different situation than Netflix's lazy race swapping.

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u/randomdude123502 Jan 27 '23

Netflix needs to get it through their thick-ass skull that Greeks weren’t black

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u/TurbulentWave51 Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

I don't really care what the actor's ethnicity is if it doesn't change the story or personality (or if it does if it's to make the story better)

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u/Supreme-Calamitas- Jan 27 '23

Yeah, what's up with turning every white character black? I've seen it so many times.

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u/DarXIV Jan 27 '23

Let's ignore skin color and instead talk about how terrible that bottom helmet would be at protecting him. His entire face is exposed, it's not the heel that will kill that dude.

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u/fyukhyu Jan 27 '23

I mean, people have been painting Jesus as a white dude for 2,000 years so I guess it's just the pendulum swinging the other way.

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u/iamregularguy Jan 27 '23

Wait this is real? I thought you guys are joking

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u/November_Born Jan 27 '23

It's not an educational documentary. People just finding reasons to be mad now.

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u/crimp_chimp Jan 27 '23

We aren't even certain it happened at all lol

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u/Stay_Hydrated_Boys Jan 27 '23

Yeah it's not accurate, but is he a good actor?

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u/Dex18Kobold Jan 27 '23

I get that we're supposed to be inclusive, but you can't rewrite history. Achilles was Greek, and therefor white. Changing his race only pisses people off, especially history enthusiasts (like me).

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u/BruderBobody Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY Jan 27 '23

Why does it even matter? This is like the 5th post I’ve seen about this. This adaptation came out in like 2018. Such overkill

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u/Total_Simple7988 Meme Stealer Jan 27 '23

They only care when it's Black people. Never hear them crying about Jesus being white when he never was, if he even existed.

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u/Juicybae Jan 27 '23

You’re asking a bunch of atheists why they aren’t raging about an ethnically correct Jesus? Bruh they don’t even want to talk about religion at all lmao

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u/ETtheExtraTerrible Jan 27 '23

If a black character was white washed, I’d be equally agitated.

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u/Total_Simple7988 Meme Stealer Jan 27 '23

Achilles is fictional. You have no ground to stand on for your argument.

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u/davidmcdavidsonson Jan 27 '23

You guys were fine with them making him straight

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u/Valuable-Dares Jan 27 '23

Funny how exclusive a lot of African Americans are and then they complain that they don't feel represented in a population.

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u/DaEpicNess666 Jan 27 '23

THIS IS FROM 2018 IF YOU DIDNT CARE BACK THEN JUST STFU ABOUT IT NOW

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u/hillekm Jan 27 '23

Is this because of that one Wheel of Fortune clip?

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u/dillpick15 Jan 27 '23

Tbh. The race swapping bs deters me from a lot of shows I might be interested in. It's just such a lazy devisive marketing tactic.

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u/darthsnick Jan 27 '23

Wonder why Netflix is loosing money and accounts!

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u/Mikasa98 Jan 27 '23

Why didn't they give that actor patrocolus? I know "olive skin" isn't the same as black but it's wouldn't have been as farfetched as the blonde and blue eyed achilles.

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u/AceGoodyear Jan 27 '23

I think the worst thing they did in Troy was portray Achillies as straight. Greece was like the gayest culture ever at the time. Full on Julius Ceasar was known as a woman for every man. Is anyone brave enough to make an accurate period piece in ancient Greece? Only time will tell.

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u/andyaaa94 Jan 27 '23

Julius ceaser was Roman.

But other than that, yes, correct.

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u/JungleChucker Jan 27 '23

Greeks inventing the orgy :)

Romans realizing they can add women :D

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u/BenceBoys Jan 27 '23

Could not care less to see a mythological dude portrayed by a black guy…

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u/ForwardAspect2032 Jan 27 '23

Hollywood does this all the time

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u/crimp_chimp Jan 27 '23

Storytelling is how we pass these cool myths and legends on. Why we manipulate ones that aren't even racist to begin with, is kind of strange. I live in Aus and I'd be pretty misled as to the historical origin of a myth or legend if dreamtime stories where re-represented by a cast of 5 different nationalities. If its a spin-off then that's fine, so long as it's obvious. Otherwise, it's a political manipulation of a story far older and more significant than the director and cast which will only stir the pot. Any press is good press.

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u/Confident_Respect455 Jan 27 '23

To be fair all illustrations I have seen from our boy Jesus Christ shows him whiter than milk.

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u/Human_Membership_819 Jan 27 '23

Nowaday if you dont do this, you are racist

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u/CBOranch1 Jan 27 '23

I WILL NOT WATCH WOKE SHIT.

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u/Ares_hat6924 Linux User Jan 27 '23

NETE FELIX

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u/10_minute_ban Jan 27 '23

Looks good 👍

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u/vietcong69l Jan 27 '23

Damn bro when did achilles got the n word pass

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u/Thiccpoppychungus Jan 27 '23

Who is the woke ass Netflix exec that is having all these terrible ideas lmao

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u/Meatsim001 Jan 27 '23

Does this really bug people? Can we care less about this very tiny tiny thing please.

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u/MarshGeologist Jan 27 '23

history?! lol

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u/optimist_prhyme Jan 27 '23

It's like the pyramids but in reverse.

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u/57victoryrounds Jan 27 '23

This proves that Hellenism is not universal ))

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u/hermitopurpa Jan 27 '23

Next up: MLK biopic played by Uma Thurman

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u/kennymedico (⊃。•́‿•̀。)⊃ Jan 27 '23

I don't get what is this why they making everything black ?

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u/Busy_Nature_8819 Jan 27 '23

As Tristan Tate said, this is a disgrace to both the black and European history. There are many historical events with black people why not adapt that?

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u/Busy_Nature_8819 Jan 27 '23

Please I just heard this quote from him on TikTok this morning, don’t bash me. The video just popped and I listened to it. I know all redditors are disgusted by the brothers.

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u/notleonn Jan 27 '23

as a black dude, its always weird to see such kind of depictions

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Racism, but make it ✨progressive

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u/Xx-Supadupa-xX Jan 27 '23

Counterpoint: Who gives a flying fuck?

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u/GraayGal Jan 27 '23

People really seem to become sticklers for historical accuracy when a person of color is cast as the protagonist 🙃

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u/ETtheExtraTerrible Jan 27 '23

Alright. You think it’s just a matter of racism? I can go with that.

The Khans are now white. The Arab sultans are now white. In fact, everything is now white.

Does this irritate you? Yes or no? If yes, Why do you care so long as the plot is the same? If no, then at least you’re not a hypocrite.

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u/1ReservationForHell Jan 27 '23

If they made an adaptation of Anansi and made him Han Chinese, it would be just as point pointless and just as stupid.

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u/MustGoOutside Jan 27 '23

Who cares?

People only care about an actors race when they're not white. Brad Pitt played a Greek dude and it was a hit. Not like anyone in this show is Greek or middle eastern.

This post is garbage.

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