Egypt bans 'Exodus'

[Karma]

Egypt & Morocco Ban Ridley Scott's 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' for Historical Inaccuracies

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There ARE a lot of historical inaccuracies in this film. Just reading about it, the history minor in me was doing hard eyerolls. & then there's the fact that most of the 'egyptians' cast in the film are white...

& of course responses like this come out:

Rupert Murdoch, CEO of "Exodus" distributor 21st Century Fox, tweeted last month: "Moses film attacked on Twitter for all white cast. Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are." And as you'd expect, reaction to his comment was widely rejected and criticized, not just here in the USA, but across the globe, helping to foster the Twitter hashtag #boycottexodusmovie.

That kind of ignorance is not terribly surprising coming from someone like Murdoch (who's company also owns Fox News, among other holdings)

Any real reading & exploration of African history (since some ppl seem to FORGET that Egypt IS PART of Africa) shows that ancient Egyptians were not white w/ European features.

 

[Screen Legend]

I always forget Egypt is a part of Africa. Probably because, with my faith, Egypt is so deeply entwined with Israel in the Bible that I just think of it being a part of the Middle East. Although...it could be considered a Middle Eastern country. Hmmm.

But yes, Egyptians are definitely NOT Caucasians. If he even bothered to do some research, and all you needed was Google, you'd see that Egyptians are Arabian. But then, I'm sure that there are some Caucasian Egyptians, as well as coloured ones as well.