Is the movie Alexander (2004) racist?

[Mortimer]

I think it is a little bit similar to "300", the blonde Alexander subjugates the persians, depicted in the sex scene of Alexander and Roxane from Bactria (played by a woman of puerto rican and afrocuban ancestry, basically a mullato). You can look the actress up her name is Rosario Dawson. It looks like a race war or like that. Just like 300 with the depiction of persians and the depiction of greeks. The persians depicted as black the greeks as white.


From 300

[Źıün]

No, it's just goes to show Hollywood is dumb.

[Mortimer]

No, it's just goes to show Hollywood is dumb.

its dumb but still has "racist undertones" dont you think?

[Źıün]

its dumb but still has "racist undertones" dont you think?

Many dumb people are dumb so it's like they would have racist views on different and exotic cultures. I don't think they are purposely/genuinely racist but yes indirectly due to their preposterous portrayal of the groups.

[Melki]

Hollywood needs more MENA (or at least Greeks since they often pass as MENA.)

[Peterski]

Not really, Persians look white too (just more Oriental):

[Norse]

That negress is incredibly hot.

[Peterski]

[♥ Lily ♥]

No. Elizabeth Taylor was selected to play Queen Cleopatra in an American movie which is humorous and hardly a realistic look and an honest and accurate depiction of an ancient Egyptian Pagan Queen. She most likely had olive skin and large dark brown eyes and possibly MENA features. I doubt that Queen Cleopatra who descended from Macedonia, and lived in the baking hot climate and burning sun of north-east Africa/Egypt, had marble white or lily-pale skin and north-western European features and violet eyes. That's just Hollywood for you.... a land of make-believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)

[Melki]

The only great (and really Greek) thing in the movie is the music, recorded by Vangelis.