EXODUS HOLLYWOOD FILM: TRUE LIES

- EXODUS: GODS & KINGS - 

WHY IT SHOULDN'T BE REGARDED MORE THAN ITS ENTERTAINMENT VALUE

As I settled to watch Ridley Scott's cinematic rendition of a biblical myth titled Exodus: Gods & Kings a fog of dismay encroached on my jolly mood as the epic-movie progressed on. It was as a mind liberated off religious falsehood wrestling with yet another instrument of propaganda, it got to a stage I couldn't bear the whole misinformation and just had to excuse myself. Two Islam-dominated African countries banned the theatrical viewing of the movie over what they deem as offensive to their faith which is the depiction of prophet Moses (Musa in Islam) interacting with Yahweh (Allah) as represented as a male adolescent.

To start with - if the Jews, as the movie implies was responsible for the laborious construction of those great monuments and pyramids in ancient Egypt as has been portrayed in Hollywood flicks such as the mishmash 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter', the question is why isn't it much referenced (if not detailed) in the Christian Bible or  Torah ? 

A scene in the movie. Note how whitewashed most of the casts are.

Let face it, was it really during Pharaoh Rameses period the Jews were tyrannized ? Why isn't there any information available to substantiate this accusation ? Even to offer a benefit of doubt is still ponder why would Egyptian scribes decide to omit the documenting of a significant and enormous event where years of forced servitude is imposed on a special set of people known to us today as the Jews, whose offense for been persecuted was to acknowledge a God which differs from that which their host believed in, well...no archaeological data exist to concretize this, no cenotaphic records and hieroglyphic evidence of hundreds of Egyptians pharaohs provide the littlest of clue that can attest to such concocted claim knowing how well negrotic Egyptians are reputable for record keeping. Christian scholars and notable theologians keep mute on these pointer same way the Arabs who now occupy Egypt prefer to remain silence when questioned about the original owners of Egypt.

Regardless of the historical fact that several groups sojourned in Egypt at various Pharaonic reign, even if a proof exists [or is provided by those who hold on to this parochial argument] to validate the claim that cruelty was meted on the Jews, hence would not it be sensible for an omniscient Yahweh (Jehovah) to have put his omnipotent powers into use by magically transited his 'chosen' people away from a land of oppression and strife rather than laying Egypt to waste and destruction through plagues, famine and  upsetting of its natural condition as graphicalized in the film, all because of a macho struggle between a mad King and a foreign God ? It beats me I'd say. Secondly, the level of euro-centricism displayed ceaselessly in the high-budget flick only corresponds to one truth - 'the victor rewrites history' or as George Orwell once articulates; "those who control the present can, to some extent, control knowledge of the past". This can only shed credence to the factoid that Hollywood is controlled by the Jews for I see no reason why the movie script should jump scrutiny so as to be consistent with historical facts.

Christian Bale (Moses) and Ridley Scott (Director)

Director Ridley Scott's excuse for whitewashing the casts with Caucasians is flimsy on his weight scale of either conforming the project with a pro-Jewish angle else wouldn't have seen daylight of funding. This is equivalent in insult if a movie which intentionally depicts Asians as terrorists responsible for 9/11 attacks so far it fuels an impression, if distorting the facts can yield money who cares of it verity if certain interests remains satisfied. If bible-believing Africans are lost about their collective true origin and history other than the version Euro-arabs slave masters hammered down their minds like that of the Adam & Eve myth for instance - why shouldn't anyone proceed to shoot spurious motion pictures such as this one. The sponsors of Exodus: Gods & Kings are cognizant of the fact that the mindset of majority of Africans still function in ways that subconsciously place the pale-skin people as superior to them in all matters, including historical authority. 

This scene implies lots of things...for instance, there was never a time Egypt belonged to negrotic Africans

From purely an entertainment point of view, of-course it's just a movie but I can tell many Nigerians would rather relish in seeing in a miracle-working foreign deity defeating that which is closer to theirs without even realizing the error in the story and how the whole setup further destroys them like the book they so guide their reality by has done for years. I have no qualms with Hollywood nor with those who adjust history and reality to suit their movie tale like The Interview did, but the danger lies in the sort of mindset movies such as 12 Years A Slave and this one shapes. Mentality that can be counter-productive and at most destructive to foreign and local interest. The way majority of Euro-americans know one or two things about the Tarzan legend is not the way everyone here understood the various dynamics that fueled trans-Atlantic and sub-Saharan slavery or who Cheikh Antah Diop and Naiwo Osahon are, these two among others African scholars debunked years of misinterpreted findings on Africans history and origin, these authors looked at the same piece of evidence and data and set things straight from the rather euro-centric framework of non-African scholars and researchers. Reasons such as this is why movement were even setup on twitter to enlighten others of the misinformation besieged the movie. 

Like every other civilized world were flourishing in various parts of Africa so was Kemet (ancient Egypt) which was inhabited by negroids who constructed and build the pyramids and other monumental structures with their sweat and blood, or whatever means was used to construct those mega-structures. Not only were they culturally influential to other neighboring non-Africans, not only did the ancient Kemet founded the great civilization Egypt is credited for today, where  before the mixture and invasion of various foreigners.

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