r/okbuddycinephile • u/KaidoPklevel • 7h ago

A historically accurate adaptation of 'The Odyssey'

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u/Iluvatar-Great 6h ago

Oh no, you don't understand. They don't care about realism, they just don't like black people.

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u/Substantial-Ad2200 6h ago

I understand that. 

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u/Financial-Leader3475 6h ago

No, we don’t like WASPs playing Greeks.

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u/Royal_Annek 5h ago

Lmao yeah the backlash has been because it was too white

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u/Financial-Leader3475 5h ago

Unironically is my issue with the movie

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u/Royal_Annek 5h ago

Then why'd you say we, are you a colony of ants

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u/Financial-Leader3475 5h ago

We as in the people who actually have heard of the Odyssey before dumb Americans have

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u/Royal_Annek 5h ago

K so you know full well who the "they" in the comment you replied to was about and responded "no" anyways? Why clowning

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u/Financial-Leader3475 5h ago

And you know full well that generalizing with “they” is stupid.

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u/Royal_Annek 5h ago

No I don't, because that would require totally ignoring the context of the post we're in

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u/cheeze2005 3h ago

Little known indie gem “the odyssey” 

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u/Financial-Leader3475 2h ago

For the typical American, yes, clearly.

Greeks are not WASPs.

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u/cheeze2005 2h ago

Do you ever get tired of how you are?

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u/eggsalter 5h ago

Agreed. Why are there anything but Mediterraneans there.

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u/Financial-Leader3475 5h ago

I don’t know but a vast majority of people are completely fine with White anglo-saxons constantly pretending to be Mediterranean. Just make Viking movies if they want old stories.