Colman Domingo reads Elon Musk for filth over plans for AI The Odyssey remake
Colman Domingo and Elon Musk (ABC | Getty Images)
Colman Domingo obliterated Elon Musk in a scathing monologue during a guest host appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.
Taking to the studio stage on 23 July, the Academy Award-nominated actor spoke about Musk’s plans to use his AI platform Grok to make a more “historically accurate” version of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
“I don’t wanna get technical, but you can’t make a historically accurate version of something that is totally made the f*** up,” Colman said, to laughter and applause from the audience.
“I mean, The Odyssey is fiction. You know, like The Hunger Games! Or the president’s cognitive exams. I mean, come on, doesn’t Elon Musk have better things to do? Wasn’t this b**** supposed to be on Mars by now?”
He continued: “But maybe we should show a little compassion for Elon. This is a tough time for him. Helen of Troy is a beautiful Black woman. And this week, Jimmy Kimmel is a beautiful Black man.”
On 22 July, Musk shared a post to his X profile that featured a three-minute clip of Homer’s Odyssey generated on Grok Imagine.
Musk claimed the film would be “historically accurate and true to the art of Homer”, despite the ancient poem being a fictitious tale featuring gods, monsters, and mythical beings.
The tech billionaire has repeatedly objected to Nolan’s creative choices in his blockbuster, amplifying racist and transphobic criticism of casting actors Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page.
Musk claimed Nolan brought Nyong’o on board because “he wants the awards” in a 13 May post to his X profile, and called Page’s casting “one of the dumbest and twisted things [he’s] ever heard” in a post shared on 11 May.
He has also suggested he would be “down” to bankroll a live-action version directed by Mel Gibson after an X user wrote: “I want Elon Musk to give Mel Gibson $100million to film an Odyssey adaptation with painstakingly historically accurate ships, armour, weapons, and casting, with all dialogue taken straight from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek.”
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