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Tunisian government calls BS on his Hannibal casting

posted a year ago by jk90us (7138)
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Denzel Washington's casting as Hannibal in Antoine Fuqua's upcoming Netflix project has drawn criticism from the historical general's home country.

The Tunisian parliament and media have complained about the yet-to-be-titled film's depiction of Hannibal as a Black African.

Parliament member Yassine Mami believes the Carthaginian general's heritage needs to be protected. "There is a risk of falsifying history: we need to take a position on this subject.”

https://www.cbr.com/denzel-washington-casting-general-hannibal-controversy-tunisia

You’d think producers would have learned after the Cleopatra outrage.

[–] liscarkat (18367) a year ago

Just look at all the people who will argue that Cleopatra was a black African. You can't reason with them.

[–] jk90us (7138) a year ago

Cleopatra’s own country says that’s BS.

[–] maximmm (3335) 7 months ago

They only need to pay off one 'historian' to say that those historical figures were definitely black - and then they can do whatever they please.

Any arguments made against it will always be countered with 'look at this bribed (or a BLM activist) 'historian' - he/she says they were black - so buzz off!'

[–] KaiMaster (902) 7 months ago

Arabs can be just as racist as anyone else.