Why the Left Insists on Making Helen Black in 'The Odyssey'

Even a historically unpopular biopic like 'Oppenheimer,' directed by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, could achieve a global box office of $977 million. Nolan's decision to spend $250 million on filming Homer's epic 'The Odyssey' was expected to be highly anticipated. However, when the complete trailer for 'The Odyssey' was released, it faced a storm of dislikes, with over 700,000 dislikes (compared to less than one-tenth of that in likes), a disaster comparable to last year's box office flop, the live-action 'Snow White.' Nolan cast black actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen, the first beauty in Homer's epic, and also cast transgender actor Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page) as the Greek hero Sinon, who brought the wooden horse into Troy. More surprisingly, Nolan admitted in an interview that the scriptwriting for this film was heavily influenced by the English translation of left-wing writer Emily Wilson. Wilson's 'translation' basically ignores the original work and arbitrarily adds her left-wing ideology. It can be imagined that it is similar to the way Rachel Zegler, the actress in the live-action 'Snow White,' criticized the prince in the original 'Snow White' as a stalker (in fact, the left claims to be diverse, but in reality, they are all the same). The most tragic thing is that during the actors' response to the casting controversy in the interview, they once again brought out the left-wing 'oracle' to teach the audience that 'not being diverse and inclusive, racial discrimination is basically Nazi.' Even more terrifying is that the film company released a series of positive reviews at this time... If you are familiar with the 'death mode' of DEI films and games in recent years, you will definitely feel that 'The Odyssey' seems to be advancing along this 'bright path.' (However, after the film's release, a critic said: 'Actually, Black Helen in 'The Odyssey' is not that strange. She is more like an exotic creature compared to her twin sister.' It must be said that Nolan is indeed ruthless...) Latinx actress Rachel Zegler's various left-leaning statements have led to the box office failure of her live-action 'Snow White' film. (Photo: AP) Why has Nolan, who has never been pandering to the left, even in making 'Oppenheimer,' a topic that is easy to turn into a left-wing anthem, not been particularly 'left-leaning,' but in this Homer's epic, almost completely kowtowed to the left? At this point, the information is very insufficient, and it is impossible to discuss. We can only wait for Nolan to give an explanation in the future. However, we can study why the left is so obsessed with 'fabricating history' and insists on turning historical figures like Cleopatra and the Queen of England, who are actually white, into black people. 'Cancel History' Attempts to Rewrite Human History If you still remember, when the global left was at its height, the left once created 'cancel history,' which is to make historical figures who violate left-wing political correctness disappear. The most famous event, of course, is the cancellation of Columbus. Specific actions include pulling down Columbus statues around the world, demanding that many places in the Americas named Columbus and Columbia be renamed, and even demanding that history textbooks not teach about Columbus. The reason for doing such absurd things is that the left believes their ideology is the truth, but historical facts will slap their truth in the face. The left's response to these slaps is to fabricate a history to cover up these facts that slap them in the face. At the height of the left's 'cancel culture': the Columbus statue, who discovered the New World, also became the target of being pushed over. The picture shows the Columbus statue in Minnesota being tied with a rope to be pulled down. (Photo: AP) You might ask, when a normal person's theory is incompatible with reality, shouldn't they correct their theory to conform to the facts? Why does the left have such an absurd reaction? This is where the left believes in the theory of 'construction.' What is 'construction'? Let's take a look at the explanation on Wikipedia: Contemporary identity politics supporters (such as feminists, supporters of gay rights, or racial equality activists) hold many social constructionist views. For example, Simone de Beauvoir: 'We are not born women, we become women.' Social constructionists believe that the causes of gender roles, homosexuality, etc., are the result of social and cultural construction. Because 'essence' implies eternity, essentialism is said to make politics tend to be conservative and oppose change. But essentialism's claims also provide some powerful slogans for radical politics including feminism, anti-racism, and anti-colonial struggle. It is ironic that in a culture filled with essentialist thinking, strategic essentialism sometimes becomes a political expedient. The left believes 'reality' is toxic. Okay, I know that this short text is already filled with a lot of 'terminology.' In simple terms, the kind of people referred to as essentialists in the above text are the kind of people who, as soon as a child is born, see one with a penis and say, 'This is a boy'; see one with a vagina and say, 'This is a girl.' At this time, perhaps many readers will be surprised to say, 'It turns out I am an essentialist, how did I not know what this is?' What about constructionists? Constructionists believe that whether it is a penis or a vagina, the child is just a child. However, because human society already has established concepts, believing that children with penises should be raised as boys and those with vaginas should be raised as girls, over time, those with penises will become the image of boys in everyone's cognition, and those with vaginas will become the image of girls in everyone's cognition. But in fact, these various characteristics of boys and girls are all constructed by society on the child. In other words, constructionists believe that if we raise children with penises and vaginas in the opposite way, then in society, those with penises will be like women now, and those with vaginas will be like men now. Simone de Beauvoir advocates 'constructionism,' arguing that gender is not a biological characteristic but is culturally constructed. (Provided by the author) Okay, so constructionists believe that when you see a penis and think he is a boy, and see a vagina and think he is a girl, you think this is 'the way it is,' but in fact, this is still the 'construction' given to you by social culture. So you think it is 'common sense,' but in fact, it is still the 'ideology' imposed on you by social culture that makes you feel 'it is the way it is.' 'It is the way it is' thus becomes an ideology 'essentialism' in their eyes. When you believe that men and women are 'essentially' different, you will think that men are good at physical abilities and should do what, women are more delicate and should do what, so society will be more efficient, and then you will think that doing different things and having different treatments are very normal, and the acceptance of 'equal rights' this kind of progressive idea will decrease. This is the reason why Wikipedia writes that sentence 'essentialism is said to make politics tend to be conservative and oppose change.' A sense of being the creator emerged. Since the left deeply believes that even gender can be 'constructed,' they naturally believe that 'objective facts' do not exist, everything can be 'constructed.' Believing that they can create something out of nothing, they finally produced a sense of being the creator, and eventually evolved into wanting to eliminate any doubt about their creation. This is why the objective facts in history have all become something that the left is eager to eliminate, and it is also why the left is so insistent on turning the roles in a bunch of films and video games into different skin colors and genders. The left believes that as long as they rewrite history books, you will no longer think that Columbus discovered the American continent, will no longer think that Lincoln, who led the Civil War, is a white man, and even want Elizabeth I to become black, which is not impossible. Of course, this kind of 'cognitive impairment' is a personal problem—he can go crazy, and others can't do anything about it. The problem is that the left not only believes that any obstacle to their 'changing construction' must disappear, but in fact, after obtaining public power, they do this. Specifically, it is to put 'racial discrimination,' 'misogyny,' 'far-right,' 'Nazi sympathizer' on your head, and then arrest them all. This is not what I am talking nonsense. In recent years, under Europe's rapid left turn, there have been countless examples of people being arrested and imprisoned for making statements that violate left-wing nonsense. After the left's DEI bloodhounds have been killing in the film and game entertainment circle for more than a decade, someone finally can't stand it. Recently, Andy Serkis, the director of 'The Lord of the Rings,' who is preparing to release a new film, announced the cast list, and was indeed criticized by the left as 'too white,' believing that the casting is not 'diverse' enough. In response, Serkis directly said: 'Because 'The Lord of the Rings' is a novel deeply influenced by Nordic culture. I will not make movies to cater to certain groups and political correctness.' Serkis' remarks received one-sided support online (Nolan was much worse, and Serkis received equal support). 'We want to see excellent scripts, moving acting, not a face that meets federal standards.'