The Greeks already had a Black hero in the Trojan War. Memnon, king of Ethiopia, shows up after Hector dies and nearly takes down Achilles. He's foreign and that's the whole point of him, which is why nobody casts him. He only works if he stays an outsider, and that's no use to either side of this fight.
The Greeks already had a Black hero in the Trojan War. Memnon, king of Ethiopia, shows up after Hector dies and nearly takes down Achilles. He's foreign and that's the whole point of him, which is why nobody casts him. He only works if he stays an outsider, and that's no use to either side of this fight.
Exactly.
Fantastic essay, Joseph!
I'm sure I'll be waiting until I die for a remake of Tarzan where they cast a black man to play him.
Thanks. You will be waiting awhile haha. This country is so weird on race now.