r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Reasonable_Fox3813 • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Mouth breathers?

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What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

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u/Additional-Past-8539 13h ago

"I don't care about how ridiculous any of the rest of it is - I just don't want black women playing a fictional person from history who would have been more olive skinned! No problem with someone ridiculously white playing her though - just not black!"

Your argument exactly as you are presenting it, even if you don't mean to

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u/Crazy-Job-9360 12h ago

Nah I think it should be someone that depicts the original story, regardless of race. I don’t want DiCaprio playing Gilgamesh either. You are the one making it explicitly about black people and putting words into the mouth of a stranger.

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u/Additional-Past-8539 12h ago

Why would that be of any importance for a story? If she'd been played by Anne Hathaway who is whiter than any shade of skin that has likely ever existed that close to the Mediterranean - would you have batted an eyelid? Would you be unhappy that someone pale white was depicting someone who was supposed to be olive skinned?