No wonder Elon Musk hates ‘The Odyssey’
Elon Musk is still mad about “The Odyssey.” For months, he and his acolytes have been throwing an online tantrum about the casting of Christopher Nolan’s version of the ancient epic, particularly his choice to have Black actress Lupita Nyong’o play Helen of Troy and transgender actor Elliot Page play the warrior Sinon. Now that the film is out, some conservatives have acknowledged that there’s nothing particularly woke about Nolan’s blockbuster tale of masculine honor and sacrifice.
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Elon Musk is still mad about “The Odyssey.” For months, he and his acolytes have been throwing an online tantrum about the casting of Christopher Nolan’s version of the ancient epic, particularly his choice to have Black actress Lupita Nyong’o play Helen of Troy and transgender actor Elliot Page play the warrior Sinon. Now that the film is out, some conservatives have acknowledged that there’s nothing particularly woke about Nolan’s blockbuster tale of masculine honor and sacrifice. It takes liberties with the source material, as any Hollywood version would, but one of its chief departures is a moral framework that’s more Christian than pagan, which shouldn’t offend most social conservatives. Nevertheless, Musk has been stewing.
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- Elon Musk is still mad about “The Odyssey.” For months, he and his acolytes have been throwing an online tantrum about the casting of Christopher Nolan’s version of the ancient epic, particularly his choice to have Black actress Lupita Nyong’o play Helen of Troy and transgender actor Elliot Page play the warrior Sinon. Now that the film is out, some conservatives have acknowledged that there’s nothing particularly woke about Nolan’s blockbuster tale of masculine honor and sacrifice.
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