Elon Musk has opinions about Homer now. When Christopher Nolan cast a black actress as Helen of Troy and a trans man as a Greek soldier, Musk branded him an “anti-white racist” who “desecrated” the Odyssey.Donald Trump Jr piled on. X went berserk. Nothing less than the fate of Western civilisation hinged on getting your knickers in a knot about what late-Bronze Age Greeks really looked like. More than half a million people reportedly bombarded the trailer with down-votes on YouTube. This was before anyone had seen a single frame. Tough crowd.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles