The site reports that Egypt’s censorship board objected to “Exodus” due its “historical inaccuracies.” These include the movie depicting Jewish people as having built the Pyramids and attributing the parting of the Red Sea to an earthquake rather than a miracle performed by Moses.
In addition, the international news agency Agence France-Presse reports that Morocco has also banned theaters from showing the film.
The news is just the latest controversy surrounding the big screen biblical epic, which stars Christian Bale as Moses.
Prior to the film’s U.S. release on Dec. 12, “Exodus” drew criticism for having white actors portray Egyptians in the film.
Director Ridley Scott brushed off the controversy, telling those who wanted to boycott the movie to “get a life.”
2 comments:
I see the reason why some media outlets refer to HOLLYWOOD as HOLLYWEIRD.
Well done Egypt. Wish all other countries could do the same. The problem with movies like this is that they act like they are keeping true to the original story there by re writing history for the next generation who will no doubt watch and believe it instead of reading the Bible. The story and the cast are both inaccurate. The cast os all white, no Jews. Like Canisia has said they are really hollyweird
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