Rupert Murdoch defends new Exodus film: All Egyptians I know are white

[CatWoman]

Rupert Murdoch, founder, chairman and CEO of News Corporation — one of the largest media companies in the world — took to Twitter to defend the upcoming movie Exodus: Gods and Kings. The film, which is being distributed by Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox, features Christian Bale as Moses, Aaron Paul as Joshua and Sigourney Weaver as Tuya. The Ridley Scott directed film has taken a hit for its lack of diversity, particularly because the movie is portraying historic people of color.

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This obviously created an immediate social media backlash, to which he offered a bit of clarification…well sort of.

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His following tweet, which was a bit of a non-sequitur, was meant to shut down the controversy with one of the biggest revelations in color since the invention of crayons. ‘Okay, there are many shades of color. Nothing racist about that, so calm down!”

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http://thegrio.com/2014/11/28/rupert-murdoch-exodus-egyptians-twitter/

Idiot!!!

[SomethingFishy]

1. Is this not the same thing as Republicans getting all pissy about "Annie"

Republicans were all bent out of shape over a black Annie, now we are going to get bent out of shape over a white Ramses?

I for one am looking forward to this movie. The 10 Commandments without asshat Heston? With modern effects and Ridley Scott at the helm?

I'm there.

[CatWoman]

4. me too Fishy

can't wait

[malthaussen]

5. Naw, I'll take de Mille

Nobody made epics like Cecil.

-- Mal

[shenmue]

2. Knucklehead

[malaise]

3. Why doesn't that divisive racist scumbag

do the planet a favor and croak

[olddots]

6. the sooner the better

If he brings his money with will bring his henchmen too ,?

[Octafish]

7. Aliens for Aryans

Mike Royko pegged Rupert the moment news broke he was buying the Sun-Times.



History has proven that Australian is really something. Loves China, too.

[PDJane]

8. Nope. Won't be watching.

[Rex]

9. So fuckwad has never heard of Nubians or the Nubian Dynasty? Figures he would be semiliterate.

Parts of modern Egypt are comprised of Nubians. "Far from black." Said the ignorant puss bucket.

[MisterP]

10. well, the Egyptians were orginally ruled by red-headed E1b1b,

then an Afrarabic mix of E1b1a and J1 (and that's just on the men's side)