Exodus: Gods and Kings African-Americans are rarely accurately portrayed in movies, TV shows, and other media platforms. The ideal faces of media usually include those of Caucasian descent, with thinner body frames that are wealthy or hold some higher status in society. African Americans, all races for that matter, being portrayed equally in the media would be a better representation of the reality in today’s society. I don’t agree with the idea of blacks rarely being shown in the media for something other than negativity, but writers and directors are free to cast and shoot whatever races they choose. But on the other hand, how could a director cast a host of actors and actresses to star in a film depicting those of African descent while
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wasn’t something that I was familiar with. I had no idea that Exodus: Gods and Kings was a movie and that it would be set to debut soon. It wasn’t until one day while on social media outlet, Twitter, that there was talk about billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s post with his opinion on Exodus’ white cast. These are his words exactly, “Moses film attacked on Twitter for all white cast. Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.” Thousands of people were responding to his tweet, calling his theory absolutely blasphemous. Before taking a stand on the issue, I did some research of my own on Mr. Murdoch himself, as well as the director of the movie and the history of …show more content…
The movie Exodus is rewriting the history of the original Egyptians. You don’t learn in school that blacks were once and still are kings and queens in some countries. Blacks can be portrayed in history, movies, books, media, etc. as once being slaves but not being seen as the ones in control over others, when our history says otherwise. As Blacks, we have to educate ourselves on our history and educate others who may not know it as well. They can attempt to tell the story of Ancient Egypt by painting over details that show Blacks in reins of power but they can’t paint over ancient pictures that tell that same story displaying the most important detail, the skin
wasn’t something that I was familiar with. I had no idea that Exodus: Gods and Kings was a movie and that it would be set to debut soon. It wasn’t until one day while on social media outlet, Twitter, that there was talk about billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s post with his opinion on Exodus’ white cast. These are his words exactly, “Moses film attacked on Twitter for all white cast. Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.” Thousands of people were responding to his tweet, calling his theory absolutely blasphemous. Before taking a stand on the issue, I did some research of my own on Mr. Murdoch himself, as well as the director of the movie and the history of …show more content…
The movie Exodus is rewriting the history of the original Egyptians. You don’t learn in school that blacks were once and still are kings and queens in some countries. Blacks can be portrayed in history, movies, books, media, etc. as once being slaves but not being seen as the ones in control over others, when our history says otherwise. As Blacks, we have to educate ourselves on our history and educate others who may not know it as well. They can attempt to tell the story of Ancient Egypt by painting over details that show Blacks in reins of power but they can’t paint over ancient pictures that tell that same story displaying the most important detail, the skin