Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

Helen of Troy is a fictional character based loosely on a historical event passed down by word for generations.

But if you're a racist, the role of "the most beautiful woman in the world" going to a Black lady will send you into a frothy mania, even if you're the richest man in the World and might perhaps have better things to think about....

https://www.nme.com/news/film/lupita-nyongo-responds-to-racist-backlash-over-helen-of-troy-casting-in-the-odyssey-3947554

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Lupita Nyong’o responds to racist backlash over Helen Of Troy casting in ‘The Odyssey’

Lupita Nyong’o has responded to the racist backlash against her casting as Helen of Troy in 'The Odyssey'. 

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May 27 at 3:33pmWeb
Show thread⚙️ Roy PhillipsMay 27
@Lazarou C'mon, she was Zeus's daughter, according to the goss, and he must have been Black, as, being the supreme deity and all, he was around long before whiteness was invented (a mere c. 5 to 8,000 years ago), so of course she'd be Black.
Bloody revisionists!