Gods of Egypt

Posted by Leah on 3/14/2016 8:48:30 AM

        Long before I actually saw the first trailers for this film, I heard about the controversy. Back in November, 2015, when first the theatrical poster and then the trailers for the film were released, the uproar over “Hollywood white-washing” began. People, mostly through Twitter, expressed their outrage that a film that is set in ancient Egypt had Australian, Swedish, English, and French actors in the lead roles, while excluding actual Egyptians and people of color.
 
         When confronted with the same sort of controversy when his film Exodus: Gods and Kings came out in 2014, ...

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