We are talking about the beautiful Helen!
The story of the beautiful Helen
Irene Papa playing Helen of Troy
by Tasos Hadjianastasiou
Unfortunately, it is not because the creator has actually studied Homer and has his own opinion, nor because "art must be free" but because this is imposed by the modern priesthood of alleged political correctness and real arrogant, plutocratic illiteracy.
Let's not confuse things because the choice of a black actress for the role of the beautiful Helen is presented as ... subversive, supposedly deconstructing stereotypes and fighting racism. The accusation of racism in particular is used every time a similar issue is raised in order to isolate, silence and expose to public opinion all those who react or in any case express their doubts. The director of the new production of the Odyssey is neither a connoisseur of classical literature, nor does he care how Homer, the ancient Greeks and the whole world imagined his heroine. He doesn't give a damn. All he cares about is the opinion of the financier. And we know very well that today anyone who does not bow to the dictates of the postmodern ridiculousness of the depraved illiterates whose only identity is the market perception of things, will not be financed.
Thus we have seen Robin Hood with a black Mikro Giannakis and a female warrior companion from Arabia (BBC) and a white Othello because it is not possible to allow Shakespeare to choose a black person for the role of his animalistic hero blinded by jealousy (first the Shakespeare Theatre Company, etc.).
Homer and the ancient Greeks wanted Helen to be white, and even whiter and lighter than the dark-skinned women (Homer was white-skinned and Sappho was blonde) who tanned in the Mediterranean sun. They wanted her to be just as beautiful as their goddesses, whom they imagined in their image and likeness, that is, obviously white. And to rule out this possibility, the case of Zeus' union with Leda from Aetolia (near Messolonghi!) resulting in the phenomenon of a black swan instead of a white swan (the form of which the god took to deceive the queen), borders on statistical error and goes beyond the ridiculous.
If Nolan really wanted to present one of the most charming fairy tales in the world, he should have respected the creators of this wonderful myth, the choices and the world they imagined, and as an artist, therefore as a free creator, to resist the vulgar blackmail of the system of producing horrors. Now he has simply proven to be another well-paid servant of a power mechanism that cultivates bad taste, illiteracy, lack of respect for classic works and ultimately abhors Education and culture. But it goes too far to market the new barbarity, ridiculousness and ignorance as progressiveness and diversity in interpretation!