Hollywood returns to "launder" the Ancient Egypt on posters Gods of Egypt

Hollywood still does not learn the lesson. After the criticism he received Ridley Scott for choosing a deal whites in Exodus to portray people of Egyptian origin, have returned to do the same Gods of Egypt ... but even worse with a ridiculous posters retouched with an exaggerated sunburn on their protagonists of Scottish origin and Danish! The posters have emerged from the Lionsgate production have raised controversy again by introducing Gerard butle r in the role of Seth, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus, Brenton Thwaites embodying the single deadliest the protagonists, Bek, and Geoffrey Rush as the Sun God Ra.

The only actor in the cast who is not white is Chadwick Boseman , who will play Toth, but the incorporation of future adaptation interpreter Black Panther comics has also been criticized because they say responds to a stereotype of "black . magic ", as they have been called in comments in the female characters this problem has not occurred: Courtney Eaton, who plays Zaya, yes enjoys a racial mix that could approach the appearance that the Egyptians had before conquered by Muslims. Born in Australia, she gave life to Cheedo in Fragile has Chinese, Maori and British ancestry.

Elodie Yung , who plays the goddess Hathor, is of Cambodian and French descent.Eaton partner in Fragile , has appeared in GI Joe: Retaliation and soon will be felt in10 Things I Hate About Life.

Bette Midler said on Twitter: "The Egyptians, not for the story or now, have never been white. That geography again !! It is Africa ". Another user of the social network added. "If you need sunscreen to roll Gods of Egypt probably will not be a historically correct deal" Of course the people who have posted these protests have received theirs, in kind, because not It is a historical narrative, not at all, but the recreation of a mythological legend and none of the characters shown in the film was real correlation.

The director of the film is Alex Proyas, an Egyptian of Greek parents, whose family emigrated to Australia when he was only three years, so it should be free of suspicion of racism. Among his professional accomplishments are the first and damn adaptation of The Crow, Dark City and I, Robot.

The script of Gods of Egypt, to be released in theaters on February 26, 2016, is the brainchild of Matt and Burk Sharpless Sazama, which is based on Egyptian mythology to tell the story of a thief who teams up with the gods to live an odyssey.

Set, which is the implacable god of darkness, has usurped around Egypt, plunging the empire once peaceful and prosperous into chaos and conflict. With only a handful of opposing the government of Set, Bek, a bold and challenging mortal heroic rebels, enlists the help of the powerful god Horus with which form an alliance against the ultimate evil. Set and his minions begin an unimaginable battle in the Beyond and through the heavens, so God and mortal must pass tests of courage and sacrifice if they hope to win in the final battle.

The posters were not only criticized for their lack of historical accuracy, or mythological in this case, but also for his bad aesthetic taste, as the funds on which appear the characters are extremely strained. The abuse of Photoshop results in excess of gold, glitter and radiance that do predict a film quality.