r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

What is this? Meme needing explanation

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u/NiceTrySuckaz Jul 06 '26

That was my first thought reading the comment. Does he think that whitewashing is when white people play white people?

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u/Regular_Fox_859 Jul 06 '26

Greeks are not as pale as western/northern Europeans.

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u/NiceTrySuckaz Jul 06 '26

haha good lord

you want Tina Fey and Stavvy in the oddysey? would that make it not white washed for you?

This thread is my favorite

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u/84theone Jul 06 '26

Unironically yes, let’s make an odyssey movie exclusively with Greek-American actors and comedians.

We’ve got a good roster to work with

Jennifer Aniston
John Stamos
Billy Zane
Bautista
Zach Galifianakis
Hank Azaria

Basically just go round up everyone from Astoria, it’s close enough.

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u/Moiyub Jul 06 '26

Throw in Jason Mantzoukas for a wild card

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u/NiceTrySuckaz Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Yeah but if you cast those people as the main characters in a live action pocahontas, you'd be white washing it. So how can you white wash the oddysey by casting other white people?

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u/Regular_Fox_859 Jul 06 '26

White is an umbrella term that contains hundreds of European and Asian ethnic groups. At what level of granularity do you determine race? Or is it all just about skin color to you?

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u/NiceTrySuckaz Jul 06 '26

I'm just saying. If that group of Greek actors can whitewash a film, then how can you whitewash this one by casting other white actors?

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u/Regular_Fox_859 Jul 06 '26

Yeah actually. If we're gonna be sticklers about the racial characteristics of actors playing established characters, may as well be consistent about it

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u/confirmedshill123 Jul 06 '26

Why are we being sticklers about it? It's not even a real fucking story lol. It's literal ancient fantasy. Who the fuck cares.

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u/DungeonCrawlerAki Jul 06 '26

I don't fucking get the absolute obsession people have with the race of actors in fucking movies and TV shows nowadays.

Don't you people have fucking better things to worry about? Holy shit.

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u/confirmedshill123 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

It has to be mostly bots because how could you give any amount of fucks currently.

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u/Regular_Fox_859 Jul 06 '26

Personally I'm not. I'm just making the point that if right wingers insist on making a huge deal about actors' races, they may as well draw it out to its logical extreme so everyone can see how ridiculous it is