X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:107:b0:2e1:d655:cc4c with SMTP id u7-20020a05622a010700b002e1d655cc4cmr3467823qtw.669.1648111953204; Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:52:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a54:488a:0:b0:2ec:f48f:8eea with SMTP id r10-20020a54488a000000b002ecf48f8eeamr6496372oic.166.1648111952985; Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Path: ...!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:52:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=76.68.44.43; posting-account=8Vsz_woAAABQPV3Epo66m_rYvK1EHzOV NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.68.44.43 References: <3635df17-fc02-4877-ae35-0cfc1e8e3ac7n@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <81062d7e-81eb-41f2-af90-11f70a2e58d5n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Moon Knight director incensed at how Egypt is made to appear in the West From: RichA Injection-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:52:33 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Bytes: 2156 Lines: 16 On Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 02:43:36 UTC-4, BTR1701 wrote: > On Mar 23, 2022 at 11:22:26 PM PDT, "RichA" wrote: > > > "Like Cairo is stuck in the Middle Ages." Except that is where the > > fundamentalists want to drag them back. > > > > > > https://deadline.com/2022/03/moon-knight-diretor-mohamed-diab-knocks-wonder-woman-1984-egypt-depiction-1234985487/ > "You never see Cairo. You always see Jordan shot for Cairo, Morocco shot for > Cairo, sometimes Spain shot for Cairo. This really angers us," Diab says. > > Well, maybe that's because Egypt is chock full of Islamic radicals that would > love nothing more than to blow up one of the Great Satan's sinful film crews. > You don't have to worry that your gaffer is going to be kidnapped and beheaded > when you're shooting in Spain and pretending it's Cairo. They leave that part out of the tourist brochures.