At first, that just kind of made me laugh, but there is apparently a big boycott going on of the movie from people who are of northern European descent. The guy who plays the god defended himself saying "Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra" and I thought "Valid point, one-to-zero against the Europeans" but then a Danish website shocked me by saying that Cleopatra was totally white and the myth that she was black was started by Islamic Nationalists.
Of Macedonian and Egyptian descent.
Personally, I think that the Malcom X example doesn't really apply because his fame is directly related to his race, so a white Malcom X doesn't really make sense. I'm not an expert in Norse mythology, but I don't think that they got their power from their white skin or anything.
Either way, I wouldn't be offended at someone making a comic book movie incorrectly. It kind of makes you look silly.
Also, Thor was a myth.... how would they REALLY know what color his skin was? I mean you can make some assumptions by looking at the society that created him, but really... he could be ANY color. Why don't they paint him like a member of the Blue Man Group! :P
ReplyDeleteI don't know, but what if they say "and he was white and massive and hated nonwhites!" hahaha
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