bloglikeanegyptian:squalino:goodthis screenshot is an especially ambiguous example of twisting news
bloglikeanegyptian:squalino:goodthis screenshot is an especially ambiguous example of twisting news to suit an agendaegypt did not ban exodus based over racial inaccuracies, egypt banned exodus because of supposed historical inaccuracies, including its depiction of Jews building the pyramids and showing the parting of the red sea as an earthquake instead of a miracle, and moses as an army general.in reality egypt does not screen films with prophets in them and has not for decades, based on religious reasons (the one exception to this being the Passion of the Christ). however because egypt is under a new secular military regime, it looks better to say ‘historical inaccuracies’ than ‘religious reasons,’ especially when your deposed predecessor was the Muslim Brotherhood whom everyone accused of fascism when they debated banning Noah. which was banned, along with other films like prince of egypt and bruce almighty.while this is expected of egypt, it is intellectually dishonest to frame this as some sort of victory for equal representation or film, not only because the egyptian censorship board didn’t bother listing the whiteness of the actors as a historical inaccuracy (although it is, and it should have been a complaint), but because it is still just another example of hypocritical and religious government censorship, and the furthering of political agendas. this isn’t particularly good news for you or for egypt. don’t celebrate it. -- source link