While I haven’t read the Odyssey I know that Helen is cunning and kinda crazy in that poem and she straight up drugs her husband and guest bc they were sad. The fact that Nolan erases that aspect of her character and makes Helen little more than an abused wife who gets scarred by her husband yet ppl still praise him…
Ngl I feel like if he cast some white woman as Helen a lot more ppl would actually point out how creepily misogynistic this writing choice is rather than going back and forth about her race, bc it is indeed a choice. Ppl think that when you criticize an adaptation’s creative liberties your criticism is nothing more than “it’s different therefore it’s bad” but you gotta understand that every creative liberty is a CHOICE and those choices reflect on your priorities and beliefs as a writer. So in Nolan’s case… his choices aren’t painting a pretty picture.



















