Elon Musk mocked for calling ‘Gladiator 2’ “woke”: “A film about a straight white man, with little to no roles for women?”

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Elon Musk has been roundly mocked for calling Gladiator 2 “woke”.When a fan posted a meme suggesting that the visual design was strong but the script was poor, the X owner responded by writing: “Woke lies kill art”.He failed to elaborate or ascertain exactly what element of Gladiator 2 he thought was “woke” or if he has even seen the film.His comment received a backlash from fans, with one writing: “I’ve never seen this chap understand a single film he’s watched.

How is a film about a straight white man, with little to no roles for women and minorities, woke?”Woke lies kill art https://t.co/aIzKzxKBgr— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024Another joked: “The only remotely political message of Gladiator II is that emperors are bad and wealthy plutocrats who whisper in their ear are even worse…oh wait I see what he’s mad about,” while one other added: ““Gladiator 2′ is not woke, sir.

If anything, it’s a traditional depiction of masculinity.”A fourth person continued: “The movie is about a warrior learning to love and improve the empire he’d grown up hating and protect it from an enterprising queer African freed slave, who wants to destroy the empire using the chaos of a public riots.

Difficult to call that plot woke.”I've never seen this chap understand a single film he's watched.How is a film about a straight white man, with little to no roles for women and minorities.