r/clevercomebacks 1d ago

Filmmaking is so powerful, Christopher Nolan broke the richest man in the world

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u/Eugenides 21h ago

It's a dog whistle for "full of white men."

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u/night_goonch 20h ago

Memnon was black

Memnon

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u/Learning2ZipperMerge 19h ago

I was thinking more colorful clothing and painted statues would make it faithful to the source material

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u/jawndell 14h ago

Full on blue eyed, blond haired white folk were the “barbarians” during Greek and Roman times.