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“Just because we’re magic doesn’t mean we’re not real.” - Jesse Williams
Source: africant
“If minorities are box office risks, what accounts for the success of the “Fast and Furious” franchise, which presented a broadly diverse team, behind and in front of the camera? Over seven movies it has grossed nearly $4 billion worldwide. In fact, a recent study by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that films with diverse leads not only resulted in higher box office numbers but also higher returns of investment for studios and producers.”
kaylapocalypse
“ “If minorities are box office risks…”
IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE “BOX OFFICE RISK” HERE IS MINORITIES, FAM. LOOKS LIKE IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE WHITE WASHED FILMS, MY GUY.
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juneboba reblogged
animatedmoviesandfacts
The production team for The Prince of Egypt conferred with roughly 600 religious experts to make the film as accurate as possible.
deezyville
The production team for Exodus conferred with 3 White guys who’d admittedly never heard of Egypt, but assured the final, mayonnaise slathered product was as accurate as possible.
gooseweasel
I’m pretty sure I heard somewhere that The Prince of Egypt is actually the only Exodus-inspired movie to get approval from leaders of all three of the major religions that share the story- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Well damn
hence why i love dreamworks. they put a lot of time and care into their films. we need a lot more support for them, especially because there have been reports this year about their financial troubles.
juneboba reblogged
sun-thief-rai
There was a dynasty of pharaohs who ruled, who were of Nubian descent. However, North Africa’s native people are Mediterranean! Many of them are fair-skinned. Some have red hair. There were many dynasties of Egypt who had fair-to-swarthy skin, similar to Middle Eastern coloration.
Africa is a huge continent, spanning many latitudes. The Beduin (fair-to-swarthy skin, brown and black hair) are native northern Africans. The Berber (fair skinned, light brown to dark brown hair with some native redheads) are also native northern Africans. The south African Zulu have skin so dark as to approach true black. Just because someone is from a native people of Africa does not mean that they have dark brown skin. Africa is the most diverse place in the world for native human beings, genetically and morphologically.
The pharaoh depicted in this film is Rameses II. He was from one of the fair-skinned dynasties. It is completely accurate for these people to be depicted with fair or swarthy skin and dark hair. Chill, social justice warriors.
Oh.
There was a dynasty of pharaohs who ruled, who were of Nubian descent. However, North Africa’s native people are Mediterranean!
But. Uh. Ancient Egypt’s predynastic period started, according to Manetho’ Timeline, in 5500 BCE.
Aegean cultures started around…3000BCE…
Which is a 2,500 year gap.
…
But I mean. Yeah. They’re on the Mediterranean sea. You get points.
Many of them are fair-skinned. Some have red hair. There were many dynasties of Egypt who had fair-to-swarthy skin, similar to Middle Eastern coloration.
……………………what?
Oh! You mean these people.
The two girls on the ends are supposed to be girls because they are “fair” skinned. However. That’s because the girls stayed inside the house. And they wanted to show a contrast between the girls and the guys. The guys are darker. Browner. Because they were outside.
This is Minoan art. Fresco of the Bull leapers. Located in Palace of Knossos. Crete. Greece.
Hey. There’s Crete.
Hey. It’s in the Mediterranean Sea.
Oh.
But even though the girls were depicted without color, here are some artist’s works of the girls and how they might have looked.
Hmmmmm.
And Middle Eastern’s can be dark brown too.
Middle Easterns have a variety of brown skin. Maybe because those that came before them traveled.
Africans traveled.
WhooOoOoOOoah~
Nomads anyone?
Plus. Europe was the last to be civilized. JSYK.
But let’s look at more non-fairskinned Mediterranean people of Aegean Cultures!
This one is awesome because they look like they’re going, “Oh snap, son!”
This one is called, "The Captain of the Blacks"
WhoOOoAaAaa!
Oh MY!
And…brown skinned Mediterranean women. Welp.
That can also apply to Ancient Egyptian women. They were lighter but…they we’re still brown.
So…what I found…were a lot of brown/black Mediterraneans during this time. Because we’re not talking about NOW. We’re talking about THEN.
Don’t know if I should give you points here.
Africa is a huge continent, spanning many latitudes.
You get points for calling it a continent!
The Beduin (fair-to-swarthy skin, brown and black hair) are native northern Africans.
ok.
The Berber (fair skinned, light brown to dark brown hair with some native redheads) are also native northern Africans.
The majority still seems to read PoC though.
The south African Zulu have skin so dark as to approach true black.
…”true black”?
Iunno, bruh. They look like they have a variety of browns up in there.
Just because someone is from a native people of Africa does not mean that they have dark brown skin.
Who said they did? And that depends on who you’re asking. What I consider dark, and light, may not be the same as the next individual.
Africa is the most diverse place in the world for native human beings, genetically and morphologically.
You’re right.
The pharaoh depicted in this film is Rameses II. He was from one of the fair-skinned dynasties.
Fair …skinned?
…………..ok.
It is completely accurate for these people to be depicted with fair or swarthy skin and dark hair. Chill, social justice warriors.
I am a warrior. Hear me talk about my everyday life.
Anyway. Maybe you meant Greeks or Romans?
But uh.
The Roman Empire was multicultural. And diverse.
And maybe you meant when the Romans came in to Egypt?
And the aftermath of that?
We’re talking about WAY before then though.
Look at the Greek Sculptures I found however! Because this is cool!
THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR.
Well, well.
And also, keep in mind, everything was painted in ancient times. Including those squeaky clean marble greek and roman sculptures.
But I mean. Bet you if I made a Greek or Roman animation that only focused on the brown folk there (because…they existed too) people would raise hell. People would cry rivers that I wasn’t being historically accurate. There were people complaining about the black muses in Disney’s Hercules!
But I shouldn’t be a little bit peeved when an Ancient Egyptian is depicted as “fair-skinned” folk that look like Angelina Jolie. What?
And goodness. We’re not just talking about their skin color.
Their physical features too. That’s what I was focusing on.
When you look at their Ka statues, their paintings, their busts, their mummies, they still look African. And if I can look at them, and see myself in them, and have this country telling me I’m of African descent because I LOOK it, then it applies here too.
They. Look. Like. Me.
They look like my relatives.
We, too, are of African descent.
And I’m not even “Dark skinned”.
That was the point.
And there’s nothing wrong with depicting them as dark either. There’s nothing wrong with having some of them depicted as lighter or “fairer”. Because they traveled. There were a lot of travelers due to trading. But not EVERYONE was fair or light-skinned. They were brown. Black. African. Because they were in Africa.
And. Back then, they didn’t consider where they were at as Egypt. They didn’t call themselves Egyptians during those times. There was no concept of “Oh, this is the Middle East and this is Africa and this is the Mediterranean.” No. THAT came MUCH later.
Now. You ever find it real interesting that we only focus on the later dynasties and when the Romans came in? Why we focus on Cleopatra and not Nefertiti or Hatsheput? It’s BECAUSE they (Nefertiti, Hatsheput, Earlier dynasties) could not be as easily depicted as “fair skinned” so let’s just focus on those that can—like Cleopatra.
But, I mean, that’s just coincidental.
Anyway. I calculated your points.
You get a gold star.
Aww. It matches the Egyptian queen’s headdress~
How nice~
bringing this back because of the whitewashing and racist fuckery going on with exodus right now