Granted, the show did severely minimize the gods’ involvement in the story and they barely appeared at all in the second half of the series, but they were at least there to start out with.
Troy: Fall of a City even included the Greek gods, which is something almost no adaptations of the story of the Trojan War have dared to do for the past half century, since it seems to be generally accepted among modern writers that having real, supernatural deities actively participating in your story is considered “campy” and “un-serious” and something that modern audiences just do not want. Honestly, apart from the obvious changes to characters’ appearances, Troy: Fall of a City was actually in many ways more faithful to the original myths than most other modern adaptations of the story of the Trojan War.įor one thing, the show portrayed most of the major events leading up to the Trojan War, including the Judgement of Paris, Paris’s return to Troy and Priam’s recognition of him as his son, Paris’s visit to Sparta and his seduction of Helen, the recruitment of Odysseus for the Greek army, the sacrifice of Iphigenia, and other mythical events from the early years of the war, which is something very few modern adaptations have done. I know it got horrible ratings I know most of the critics hated it and I am sure everyone is probably going to lambast me in the comments for saying this, but I am still going to say it right away to make it clear. Just to be clear, before I say anything more about how the show portrayed Zeus and Achilles, I would like to note that, overall, I actually enjoyed the show Troy: Fall of a City.
It is true that, in ancient Greece, Achilles and Zeus were both consistently portrayed as what most people today would generally consider “white.” That being said, I think that most of the outrage over the fact that Troy: Fall of a City portrays Achilles and Zeus as black is motivated more by racial prejudice than by actual concern for faithfulness to traditional portrayals. Many people attacked the series, accusing it of “blackwashing.” The miniseries Troy: Fall of a City, which originally aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom in spring 2018 and was thereafter distributed internationally on Netflix, created quite a stir of controversy due to the fact that, in the series, the characters Zeus and Achilles are portrayed by black actors.
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