This Movie is Driving R@CISTS Crazy : Gladiator II

[anansi]

This is gonna be good as folks review bomb this upcoming New Gladiator Movie, unfortunately the upload teased us by cutting off further insights in order for us to join his patron, which is ok , however he did leave us with enough to look to dig into, and why people like to review bomb movies with Black folks in an ancient or medieval situation not playing the role of an enslaved person, the misapplication of “Woke” often get thrown about willynilly, with movies like the Woman King for example where the Red Pill boys which includes a significant amount of brothers online review bomb it to hell, and even earlier a lot Sistas review bombed the flick Birth Of A Nation because the director is married to a White woman, so it’s not just white supremacist who review bombed art, we see this played out in spaces like Quora where randos come into spaces, to review bomb posts about Africans in civilizations not considered to be “Black” but having a significant Black population, however give us your opinion.

[Brandon S. Pilcher]

Didn't the first movie have Djimon Hounsou play a Numidian from Northwest Africa? Imagine if that movie came out today in the social media era. You'd never hear the end of it from melanophobic North African "activists"!

That said, it's ironic that Ridley Scott of all people had a Black African dude from Nigeria play a North African, given how ridiculously "whitewashed" his portrayal of the Egyptians was in Exodus: Gods & Kings. Dude really is confused.

[anansi]

True but he played the role of an enslaved, Denzel is playing a person of influence perhaps even a future emperor as hinted in the vid clip.

[Brandon S. Pilcher]

Aug 14, 2024 19:19:11 GMT -5 anansi said:

True but he played the role of an enslaved, Denzel is playing a person of influence perhaps even a future emperor as hinted in the vid clip.

Fair enough, but at least Ridley had a Black person be an indigenous Maghrebi (and named after a historical Numidian king, no less) instead of a sub-Saharan migrant in the first movie.

[archaeologist]

Aug 14, 2024 19:19:11 GMT -5 anansi said:

True but he played the role of an enslaved, Denzel is playing a person of influence perhaps even a future emperor as hinted in the vid clip.

Denzel Washingtons role figure is a former slave:

Denzel Washington as Macrinus: A former slave who plots to control Rome. He keeps a stable of gladiators and mentors Lucius. He also works as an arms dealer, while providing food and oil to the armies in Europe. Scott described him as "pretty fucking cruel" to the arena fighters, with Washington adding that he "wants to be Emperor and he's willing to do anything to get there".

Gladiator II