Though there wasn’t an official organized movement, for months there has been a groundswell of calls for a boycott against Ridley Scott’s Biblical epic, "Exodus: Of Gods and Kings," over its controversial casting of white actors in roles for people of color, and the virtual non-existence of black people in the film (no wait…look at the image above. There’s the brother up there on the left, fighting in the battle. So at least there’s one) .
So did the boycott have an effect? Perhaps it did; or perhaps not. Depends on how you look at it. The film was no. 1 this weekend, but, with an underwhelming $24.5 million, when it was expected to do at least $40 million,…
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