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Lupita Nyong'o Just Doomed Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' Adaptation ⁠70%

By Amy Curtis⁠90%

7/7/2026, 9:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 47.7% saturation with 219 hits. Analysis detected 1,230 faulty-reasoning hits from 459 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 63% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (6,426 of 21,171 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.70% of the article peer group.

Director Christopher Nolan, known for 'Oppenheimer,' 'Interstellar,' and 'Dunkirk,' is about to release a new film adaptation of 'The Odyssey,' the Homeric epic. 
With an all-star cast and a major director behind the production, it seemed set to be a summer blockbuster. 
But the run-up to release has been plagued by concerns over that casting, including a letter from the Greek City Times asking why not a single Greek actor was cast in a Greek epic. 
There are also concerns over the translation Nolan said he used as the basis for his film. 
That's the 2017 translation by British-American classicist Emily Wilson, which uses 'contemporary language that strips away archaic, patriarchal interpretations of the original text.' 
It's a way of saying this is a feminist interpretation of a male-dominated work. 
And actress Lupita Nyong'o, who was cast as Helen of Troy, just proved this is a feminist retelling. 
Nyong'o was asked what she would say to Homer, and she decided to ask why he didn't give more screen time to women. 
"I'd be like, 'So Homer, how do you feel about this screen time given to these women, considering how little you spent with them?' 
Okay," she said. 
What a way to alienate your audience. 
And Nyong'o should know better. 
She received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama. 
Maybe she skipped class the day they covered 'The Odyssey' because she'd otherwise know there are a lot of women in the epic who helped Odysseus on his journey home. 
Other female characters include Cassandra, the Sirens, Nausicaa, Andromache, Hecuba, Aphrodite, Hera, and Thetis. 
But other than that, no women at all. 
Nyong'o also doesn't want to focus on Helen of Troy's beauty. 
"The most iconic character I played is Helen of Troy," she said. 
"And she's known for her beauty. 
But my big question is who was the woman behind the beauty? 
You know, because when that's all you're known for, that must be burdensome." 
Says the person who works in an industry that prizes looks above all else. 
Will 'The Odyssey' flop? 
That's unlikely. 
Nolan still has a loyal fan base. 
However, this writer is laying down the marker now: the film will break even, at best. 
There's too much controversy, trailers are getting ratioed on YouTube, and now one of the lead actresses is going full-blown Rachel Zegler in the run-up to the premiere. 
This is how you lose audiences. 
Editor’s Note: Hollywood, academia, and liberal elites are out of touch with the average American. 
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459 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker20%attributed speech366writer words
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Selected voice

Lupita Nyong'o

72%flagged-word coverage
93 attributed words100% of attributed speech94% writer coverage
0%37.5%75.0%Unattributed Quote+72.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Lupita Nyong'o: 72.0%72.0%Biased Writer Voice-39.9 ptsWriter: 39.9%Lupita Nyong'o: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-7.9 ptsWriter: 7.9%Lupita Nyong'o: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -7.9 ptsWriter: 7.9%Lupita Nyong'o: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-4.9 ptsWriter: 4.9%Lupita Nyong'o: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -4.1 ptsWriter: 4.1%Lupita Nyong'o: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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