jonah
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Anyone been following the controversy surrounding the new Exodus movie by Ridley Scott? I'm probably way behind the wave.
Moses is going to be played by Christian Bale, and Ramses by Joel Edgerton. Basically in fake tan and eyeliner, essentially doing yellow face, while pretty much the only actual POC in the movie are playing slaves in the background/supporting cast.... so YEAH. THERE'S THAT.
Ridley Scott then basically went on to kind of comment but not really comment on the casting, saying Egypt was culturally diverse, which... Oh man, it makes me so sad. WHY RIDLEY?
It's just like that travesty Prince of Persia, which had Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton ALSO JUST WEARING LOTS OF EYELINER (Can I ask what the fuck this eyeliner thing is about? Does that make you Arabic? what the flying fuck) and pretending to be Iranian.
Like... Jesus. I don't understand, because there are amazing arabic and black actors and this is even in the mainstream, and like, isn't Ridley Scott supposedly a man thats mad into historical accuracy? AND he's basically trying to pawn it off on the notion that EGYPT WAS AND IS LIKE WAY CULTURALLY DIVERSE SO I HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN THIS MOVIE. Yeeeeeah brah, no. That doesn't really stand up when all of your main casting goes to straight up, white dudes.
Anyway, mine is hyperbolic, but this is a good article
Moses is going to be played by Christian Bale, and Ramses by Joel Edgerton. Basically in fake tan and eyeliner, essentially doing yellow face, while pretty much the only actual POC in the movie are playing slaves in the background/supporting cast.... so YEAH. THERE'S THAT.
Ridley Scott then basically went on to kind of comment but not really comment on the casting, saying Egypt was culturally diverse, which... Oh man, it makes me so sad. WHY RIDLEY?
It's just like that travesty Prince of Persia, which had Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton ALSO JUST WEARING LOTS OF EYELINER (Can I ask what the fuck this eyeliner thing is about? Does that make you Arabic? what the flying fuck) and pretending to be Iranian.
Like... Jesus. I don't understand, because there are amazing arabic and black actors and this is even in the mainstream, and like, isn't Ridley Scott supposedly a man thats mad into historical accuracy? AND he's basically trying to pawn it off on the notion that EGYPT WAS AND IS LIKE WAY CULTURALLY DIVERSE SO I HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN THIS MOVIE. Yeeeeeah brah, no. That doesn't really stand up when all of your main casting goes to straight up, white dudes.
Anyway, mine is hyperbolic, but this is a good article