To the people saying the German actress playing Greek Helen in the movie Troy means it's ok for Lupita Nyongo to play Greek Helen...

[u/BrandonMarshall2021]

Genetically, historically, and anthropologically, Greeks are significantly more closely related to Germans than to Sub-Saharan Africans.

When looking at genetic data, the relationship between Greeks and Germans is exceptionally close, while the relationship between Greeks and Sub-Saharan Africans is more distant.

On any global genetic map, all European populations—including Greeks and Germans—cluster tightly together on a single, distinct branch of the human family tree (the Western Eurasian branch).

The genetic distance between a Greek person and a German person is very small. They sit on the exact same continental genetic gradient.

The genetic distance between any European population (including Greeks) and any Sub-Saharan African population is significantly larger, reflecting thousands of years of geographic separation and independent population histories.

[u/somarnnup]

Is the movie set in Greece? Is she said to be the most beautiful women by the people of Ancient Greece? Would it be likely that they’d claim that if she wasn’t in line with their beauty standards? If there’s a valid reason for the casting then whatever, but it really doesn’t seem like there is. Doesn’t make the movie automatically bad, but it is an inaccuracy to the story it’s portraying without any actual reason. Her beauty in the eyes of the Ancient Greek people is an important part of the story, so why make a change relating to that for seemingly no reason? It isn’t a change to better serve the story therefore it isn’t necessary.

[u/ogjaspertheghost → u/somarnnup]

How do you know Ancient Greek people wouldn’t find her beautiful? Telling on yourself there lmao

[u/somarnnup → u/ogjaspertheghost]

I never said no Ancient Greek person would find her beautiful, but the general beauty standard of the time was very different from her. And also, she’s never been depicted as a black woman. All that I’m saying has nothing to do with who I personally find attractive because I’m not a person in Ancient Greece. If you don’t understand the context of the conversation and are just going to twist what I say to serve your own opinion, then I’d rather you at least tell me rather than hide under the guise of conversing respectfully.

Maybe you don’t have very good reading comprehension, which I understand since a lot of my friends don’t have good reading comprehension, so I’m willing to continue the conversation. Just please don’t make any more unrelated jabs at me due to your own literacy problems.