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YouDaIcon
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Exodus: Gods and Kings Casting Racist?
Ressti
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Post #2
It's worse than I thought
konaa
Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Post #3
That's a lot of mayo for a movie set in Egypt.
HausOfGerard
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Post #4
Omg
Rascal
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Post #5
Why are those characters white tho?
Callisto.
Member Since: 8/24/2008
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Post #6
Dead this is worse than I thought.
First they makes the leads white
and then make all the blacks criminals and poor.
Rated R
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konaa
That's a lot of mayo for a movie set in Egypt.
Ancient Egyptians weren't black though (at least not the royalty when this movie is set)
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BadKidBrodie
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Post #9
Because this studio behind the film must think that white actors are more marketable. It's unfortunately a regular occurrence in Hollywood, like Rooney Mara playing Tiger Lily in Peter Pan when she has no Native American heritage what so ever.
Callisto.
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Rated R
Ancient Egyptians weren't black though (at least not the royalty when this movie is set)
Wheather they were black or not they sure as hell didn't look like Sigourney Weaver & Christian Bale.
Jet
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Post #11
Hella racist
AlphaOmega
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W
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Allie
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Post #13
Queen Sigourney and King Christian, I have to see this.
Cheetos
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Post #14
I noticed this last night at the movies
YouDaIcon
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Rated R
Ancient Egyptians weren't black though (at least not the royalty when this movie is set)
Yeah, Ancient Egyptians weren't black at all, just really tan with frizzy hair.
A Bomb
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konaa
That's a lot of mayo for a movie set in Egypt.
Right.
The whitewashing of Hollywood continues.
Ressti
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Post #17
Not a cartoon being more historically accurate than a live action movie
Mr.Marvelous
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dd omg
YouDaIcon
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Ressti
Not a cartoon being more historically accurate than a real life action movie
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Callisto.
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Post #20
Then again I don't care since my ancestors weren't Egyptians anyway. so meh
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