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<blockquote data-quote="Beleriphon" data-source="post: 7852142" data-attributes="member: 27847"><p>Understanding its not just a costume to be worn about for amusement. The head dress is different than a kilt, or a sari. The latter two are, or were, relatively common every day clothing. Waring a sari in India is like wearing a pair pants in Canada. Wearing a head dress is more like a Russian wearing an exact replica of a US Marine uniform, and for a copy of a Congressional Medal of Honor, without having ever served or actually received such an hour. One can see how that might be disrespectful of the people that did legitimately receive said honour?</p><p></p><p>If its a Russian movie about an American soldier that did get such a thing, we'd say that's probably okay. If its a Russian oligarch wearing a fancy dress cosutme because it looks neat? We're probably going to be less okay with that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If we care to say Anthony Quinn being in <em>Zorba the Greek</em> was such a thing then no he didn't know, and at the time nobody cared even if we wanted to say he was participating in such a thing. Again, we're talking about respect, and from I recall its an accurate film interpretation of a Greek novel. Its also about context, the movie was a Greek/British production and clearly some Greek producers wanted Anthony Quinn to be Zorba.</p><p></p><p>In fact its one of the problems some (misinformed) reviewers have with <em>Assassin's Creed: Odyssey</em>; Alexios' accent is apparently "terrible", despite the voice actor who provides his voice is a Greek actor... from Greece. While Kassandra gets a pass, but her voice actor is Canadian with a Greek background.</p><p></p><p>To continue the AC:O example I've read some review of the game that say it has some silly things in it (the Spartan Kick ability for example mimics Leonidas booting the messenger down a well in <em>300</em>) and some of the spear fighting moves mimic Brad Pitt in <em>Troy</em>. But the main thrust was while these are common images about classical Greece they can be over looked because as a rule the game is respectful of the culture, and takes pains to include things like the main character says "ela" to spur on their horse, or using accurate Greek phrases to give a sense of authenticity that it wouldn't otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beleriphon, post: 7852142, member: 27847"] Understanding its not just a costume to be worn about for amusement. The head dress is different than a kilt, or a sari. The latter two are, or were, relatively common every day clothing. Waring a sari in India is like wearing a pair pants in Canada. Wearing a head dress is more like a Russian wearing an exact replica of a US Marine uniform, and for a copy of a Congressional Medal of Honor, without having ever served or actually received such an hour. One can see how that might be disrespectful of the people that did legitimately receive said honour? If its a Russian movie about an American soldier that did get such a thing, we'd say that's probably okay. If its a Russian oligarch wearing a fancy dress cosutme because it looks neat? We're probably going to be less okay with that. If we care to say Anthony Quinn being in [I]Zorba the Greek[/I] was such a thing then no he didn't know, and at the time nobody cared even if we wanted to say he was participating in such a thing. Again, we're talking about respect, and from I recall its an accurate film interpretation of a Greek novel. Its also about context, the movie was a Greek/British production and clearly some Greek producers wanted Anthony Quinn to be Zorba. In fact its one of the problems some (misinformed) reviewers have with [I]Assassin's Creed: Odyssey[/I]; Alexios' accent is apparently "terrible", despite the voice actor who provides his voice is a Greek actor... from Greece. While Kassandra gets a pass, but her voice actor is Canadian with a Greek background. To continue the AC:O example I've read some review of the game that say it has some silly things in it (the Spartan Kick ability for example mimics Leonidas booting the messenger down a well in [I]300[/I]) and some of the spear fighting moves mimic Brad Pitt in [I]Troy[/I]. But the main thrust was while these are common images about classical Greece they can be over looked because as a rule the game is respectful of the culture, and takes pains to include things like the main character says "ela" to spur on their horse, or using accurate Greek phrases to give a sense of authenticity that it wouldn't otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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