Helen of Troy

Shut up.

You guys put a black fucking retard in as Helen of Troy.

You so forced this up everybody's asshole.

And that won't say...

Right? And um, people were mad about it.

And then people were mad because Lupita was cast as Helen of Troy, and I was like, whatever.

And so now I saw the movie.

Mm-hmm.

That's what he looks like, by the way, right? [laughs]

Um, and so, you know, he's been through six, 6 million schools for philosophy and every, all the...

Anyways, so he- he's giving his take on The Odyssey and why Lupita as Helen of Troy broke his immersion in the movie.

He was like, "You know, it was an immersive experience until I saw her." And I was like, she's on screen for four minutes.

Is the answer just, hey, everyone accept your economic relativism and don't bitch just because someone's richer than you.

Go compare yourself to Helen of Troy and be grateful.

Like, I'm telling you, that shit is going to go down like sandpaper.

OK, that that that shit doesn't sell.

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There you go.

Helen of Troy casting over here.

I found it, by the way.

But this stupid shit that you idiot lefties have been doing, I've been telling you this.

Advertisers have been using sex sells.

Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships.

She did.

You thought the black one or the original one? She's fine, too.

So it's, like, seeing, like, him older versus him younger was definitely kind of, like, a time jump, too.

On the Odyssey note, there is a line, like, when he's talking with Sean, and it's, like, I think it's like they're talking about like the baseball game and he's like, I wouldn't give up the ticket if it was Helen of Troy.

And it's like peak foreshadowed.

Yeah.