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Bad Signs: Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Looks Like A Woke Disaster

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2 months 4 weeks ago
Bad Signs: Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Looks Like A Woke Disaster

The signs are not looking good.  Christopher Nolan's version of Homer's classic Greek epic "The Odyssey" was, at first, greatly anticipated.  The director's filmography is largely celebrated with blockbusters like Interstellar, The Dark Night, Dunkirk and Inception.  However, woke ideology is like a virus infecting everything in Hollywood, and rumors were spreading from very early in the production that wokeness has invaded the brain of Christopher Nolan. 

Even though the vast majority of "woke coded" films fail miserably at the box office, the Tinsel Town cult continues to lose billions of dollars every year pumping out one disastrous production after another.  If we apply the universal definition of insanity (making the same mistakes over and over and expecting different results), then Hollywood is truly a lunatic asylum.

Well, it appears that the rumors of the new Odyssey adaptation being a leftist propaganda vehicle are true.  The long running blackout on casting decisions now makes perfect sense, because it's a DEI circus.

It is now confirmed that Nolan's film features a race-swapped Helen of Troy.  The "most beautiful woman in the world" will be played by Lupita Nyong’o, a Kenyan-Mexican actress.  Truly a downgrade from previous iterations of the story on film.  Not to mention, Helen of Troy was a Greek - A Spartan Princess.    

  

But the sideshow doesn't end there.  Nolan has also been forced to defend his decision to cast rapper Travis Scott in “The Odyssey” after receiving harsh backlash.  The filmmaker addressed the controversy surrounding Scott’s appearance:  

“I cast him because I wanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap..."

Perhaps one of the most contrived and idiotic explanations ever spoken.  Unless you're making "Mel Brooks' The Odyssey", there is no reason for this decision.  

Keep in mind, this is an Ancient Greek epic, a story depicting some mythological elements, yes, but also historically important to the pillars of western civilization.  And, by modern standards and genetic standards, Ancient Greeks would be considered largely "white" today. 

Sub-Saharan Africans, though mentioned as "Aitheopes" in Greek literature, were an exceedingly rare minority and are never mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as prominent characters.  In fact, only one fleeting character is mentioned as black; a figure named  *{pointer-events:auto;} .r-12vffkv{pointer-events:none!important;} .r-12ym1je{width:18px;} .r-135wba7{line-height:24px;} .r-13qz1uu{width:100%;} .r-13tjlyg{transition-duration:0.1s;} .r-13wfysu{-webkit-text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-line:none;} .r-146iojx{max-width:300px;} .r-1472mwg{height:24px;} .r-14j79pv{color:rgba(83,100,113,1.00);} .r-14lw9ot{background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1.00);} .r-158ssxm{max-height:calc(64px * 15);} .r-15ysp7h{min-height:32px;} .r-16dba41{font-weight:400;} .r-16y2uox{flex-grow:1;} .r-176fswd{transform:translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);} .r-1777fci{justify-content:center;} .r-17bb2tj{animation-duration:0.75s;} .r-17c3jg3{background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.80);} .r-17gznlh{animation-name:r-t2lo5v;} 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Then there's Zendaya, cast as Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom.  At least she's not a dude, but Zendaya is the most over-exposed actress in Hollywood and doesn't come across as "wise" or Greek.   

And it gets worse.  Actress and trans activist Ellen Page (now known as Elliot Page) is confirmed as a cast member in the film.  It is not known which role she will play, but leaked info suggest that she is set to play Achilles, known as the greatest of all the Greek warriors. 

This might be the most ridiculous casting choice of all time, given that Page is a hundred pound skeleton, and also a woman.

It is a common woke propaganda trope to race-swap and gender swap figures from western classics and European history.  From black female viking warriors, to black Roman Emperors, to Black Cleopatra (she was Greek and white) to black royals in the British court and female knights defending the realm; no historical setting is safe from Marxist rewrites that defy the record of events. 

The message being sent is clear:  We control history now, and the European west has been targeted for erasure. 

Christopher Nolan's decisions come off as incomprehensible, until we look into his inspirational sources.  The director's source material for his adaptation is the very first "interpretation" by a female scholar, published in 2017.  Emily Wilson, a far-left activist, essentially rewrote The Odyssey as a feminist exploration on the "evils of masculinity".  She is noted for describing most women as "slaves", instead of servants or maids, and highlighting the "evils of ancient forms of patriarchy".     

“We should be shocked that the English-speaking world hasn’t had a translation by a woman,” Wilson said during a visit to Harvard. “Slightly more women than men get Ph.Ds. in the classics in the U.S., and yet the vast majority of translations that readers read in English for classics are by men. This is an issue, and we should talk about it.”  

Her work is a perfect example of why it's best to keep modern women away from interpreting the classics.  The British-born professor, in a lecture titled “Translating ‘The Odyssey’: Why and How”, stated:

“It’s very visible to me how misogynistic some of these translations are, and not because they were consciously imposing misogyny, but they had some unconsidered biases...Men are never asked about their gender, and this omission is seriously distorting. It’s very clear gender has an impact on men’s work.”

Wilson also injected modern vernacular into her interpretation, which is allegedly applied in the Nolan version of the story.  In the highly insulated and inbred world of academia, this kind of rhetoric is considered a revelation.  However, to everyone else, it sounds like a blend of pretentious conceit and woke zealotry.

It is also a fact that, in order to be considered for an Oscar, a film is now required to have at least one non-white/non-straight lead or significant role. At least 30% minor roles non-white/non-straight people.  And, at least two Departments headed by non-white/non-straight people.  But not all of Nolan's choices can be explained away by his bid for an Oscar.     

In other words, The Odyssey is most likely going to be a theatrical flop.  Nolan was smart to hide his casting choices until now (the movie trailers also try to hide the casting), but the film's July release gives the public plenty of time to discover the truth before they waste their money.  It could have been the movie that saved Hollywood, but instead, it is escalating into yet another epic woke bomb. 

Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2026 - 16:40
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Minnesota 'Culture Of Fraud' Enabled More Than $9 Billion In Misused Taxpayer Funds, Panel Says

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Minnesota 'Culture Of Fraud' Enabled More Than $9 Billion In Misused Taxpayer Funds, Panel Says

Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

A “culture of fraud” infected Minnesota state agencies, resulting in more than $9 billion in taxpayers’ money squandered, a new legislative report says.

State Rep. Pam Altendorf listens as fellow Republican Rep. Isaac Schultz discusses a report released at a meeting of a fraud prevention committee in the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on May 13, 2026. Livestream from the Minnesota House of Representatives/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

“We finally pulled the curtain back—and the public is grateful,” state Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, said May 13 during a session that summarized 16 months of investigative work.

Many fraudsters “came to believe that fraud was tolerated and paid in a big way,” according to a report that Robbins released at the meeting. The report summarizes the committee’s attempts to dissect how state agencies became so mired in fraud.

Testimony from dozens of witnesses, including state employees and whistleblowers, demonstrated that Gov. Tim Walz’s administration neglected “basic due diligence” to protect taxpayers’ money, and instead “prioritized getting as much money out the door as possible” via government-benefits programs, the report says.

The administration also allegedly punished whistleblowers and “ignored and consciously downplayed shocking levels of fraud” in more than a dozen Medicaid-funded programs, such as autism services, medical transportation, and adult day care, according to the document.

“All of these failures have created opportunities for serial fraudsters to steal billions from Minnesota taxpayers across multiple programs for years,” the report says, estimating $300 million in federal meals fraud and $9 billion in Medicaid fraud. Those numbers exclude “potential hundreds of millions more in fraud in child care” and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the report notes.

The governor’s office did not respond to The Epoch Times’ request for comment by publication time.

Walz has repeatedly defended his track record on tackling fraud, including in a May 6 news release, stating: “We’ve made significant progress to strengthen programs and root out fraud. Today, we’re building on our success by putting an even stronger structure in place; adding leadership, improving oversight, and ensuring these programs are managed with the discipline and accountability Minnesotans expect.”

Robbins said accountability is lacking because no one in state government has been fired for failures, nor even for falsifying records—a finding that the Office of Legislative Auditor, a state watchdog, released early this year.

The new report from Robbins’s committee was released May 13, the same day that Vice President JD Vance, who heads a new anti-fraud task force, announced that the federal government was withholding $1.4 billion from home health and hospice operations suspected of fraud across the nation. So far this year, fraud concerns prompted federal officials to withhold $350 million from Minnesota’s Medicaid program.

Five Republicans including Robbins prepared the report. The committee’s trio of Democrats were invited to prepare their own version, mirroring a practice used in Congress.

Two Democratic committee members at the meeting, Reps. Dave Pinto and Emma Greenman, did not say whether they would take that step. Both disputed what they called “partisan” characterizations in the report; Pinto and Greenman abstained from voting on the GOP-authored report. All four Republicans who were present voted to accept it.

State Rep. Emma Greenman speaks during a meeting of the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee in the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on May 13, 2026. Livestream from the Minnesota House of Representatives/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

Republican Rep. Isaac Schultz noted that despite allegations of partisanship, he sees signs of cooperation between the two parties. Just two weeks ago, the legislature approved “four great fraud-prevention bills on a bipartisan basis that were supported by members of this committee,” Schultz said, adding that one such bill called for “stopping grants going to convicted fraudsters.”

Remedies Proposed

The 84-page report contains numerous recommended changes in agency procedures and culture, and highlights broken internal processes.

For example, a law requires the Department of Human Services to annually review whether Medicaid beneficiaries are indeed eligible. The agency regularly skipped those verifications, and had conducted none since 2020, the report says, possibly costing “tens of millions of dollars.”

Under pressure from the committee and the public, the department conducted a review on March 20. It found “31,529 ineligible Minnesotans were receiving benefits,” who were then removed from the rolls, the report says.

Agency bureaucrats, who “viewed their role as supportive consultants rather than providing actual oversight” as they doled out taxpayers’ money, must instead use their authority to withhold payments and take other action, the report says.

The report also calls for agencies to log whistleblower complaints and hotline reports, then report those, along with actions taken, to lawmakers.

Fraud concerns and suspicious billing trends need to be tracked and reported too, the report says.

Another major recommended change: “Require electronic attendance records for child care, adult day care, sober homes, autism centers ... and other billable services ... before payments can be made.”

Committee’s Value Debated

The committee—the first of its kind in state history—began working in January 2025, nearly a year before Minnesota’s massive fraud scandals gained widespread national attention and sparked multiple federal probes.

As Robbins opened what could be the committee’s final meeting, she encouraged state lawmakers to re-establish the committee when the legislature reconvenes next year.

“The work we’ve done has hopefully carved a path for the next legislature in the next biennium to continue this important work,” she said, calling it “historic.”

State Rep. Kristin Robbins speaks at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on May 13, 2026. Livestream from the Minnesota House of Representatives/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

The Republican lawmaker withdrew her bid for the governorship May 1, saying she would fight for improvements “from the outside” after her current term as a state representative expires in January 2027.

“It’s going to take many years, unfortunately, to undo the damage that has been done to taxpayers and vulnerable residents,” Robbins said. “But we must continue to expose the fraud, to strengthen internal controls and to make sure that fraudsters and agency officials are held accountable.”

Democrats Pinto and Greenman said the committee should have proposed legislation that could spark meaningful changes.

“Fighting fraud is urgent. Solutions were needed now,” Pinto said.

Robbins and other Republicans responded that the committee’s role was investigative, not legislative, and that the committee’s findings did inspire proposed laws.

Greenman said the document contains “misleading” information, and “no Democratic leader [is] left undisparaged” in the report. She defended the work of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in prosecuting fraud cases, and said the report fails to give him due credit.

Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2026 - 16:20
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