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The more information coming out from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey makes it more unlikeable. According to Variety, that’s Elon Musk’s fault. Elliot Page is rumored to be Achilles. So, is Hollywood the problem, or should we blame the online trolls? Today’s show breaks it down.

According to Variety:

From the team that brought you “Why is Snow White Latina?,” “Why are there Black people in ‘The Rings of Power?,’” and “Star Wars has gone woke,” comes the latest online onslaught against an anticipated Hollywood project that committed the unfathomable sin of having a diverse cast.

“I don't think anyone had a problem with Snow White being Latina. That is not really the issue. The issue is the sentiment," Crowder said. “The idea that Latino women have been oppressed is the opposite of reality across all races.”

In recent days, Twitter trolls have formed a phalanx and pointed their sarisats squarely at “The Odyssey,” Christopher Nolan’s $250 million adaptation of Homer’s epic scheduled to hit cinemas July 17. They have not actually seen the film yet, mind you, but have nevertheless managed to work themselves into a lather over a pair of castings (though Page’s character isn’t even confirmed yet): Elliot Page as Achilles’ Ghost and Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.

“Maybe he is not doing the casting, but he can't get the Oscar unless he creates a diverse cast,” Crowder said. “They have very specific requirements.”

Forget that Achilles and Helen of Troy are both fictional characters navigating a mythological fable replete with a giant Cyclops, six-headed Scylla, and assorted other gods and monsters, or that these are just two actors in a giant cast that includes mostly white folks. In Homer’s telling, these two characters were white and with golden hair, so according to these apparent literary purists, they must be so in each and every adaptation. Why can’t Nolan’s film be more like “Troy,” Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 big-screen version of “The Iliad,” with its blindingly blond Achilles (played by Brad Pitt) and its Aryan Helen of Troy (Diane Kruger), they argue:

“To qualify for an Academia Award, a film has to fulfill diversity quotas,” Crowder said. “Before the quotas, before the wokeness, we had every single one of these organically. That is the difference between equality and equity.”

It is not that diversity is the problem; it is that it is being forced on the masses, while meritocracy is trashed.

"Now it is not about serving the audience, it is about serving academia and the industry. That is why they try to gatekeep and strangle new media creators because they are no longer relevant," Crowder said.