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\nWhoopi Goldberg used Tuesday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe View\u201d to push back on conservative anger over Elliot Page\u2018s casting in Christopher Nolan\u2018s \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d dismissing a clip of commentator Ben Shapiro calling the choice a mistake.<\/p>\n

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\n\tShapiro called Page\u2019s role an \u201cabsolute puzzler\u201d before pointing out that he is \u201cabout 5\u20192 and 105 pounds soaking wet and has the voice of a woman. It doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA lot of conservatives who see this are going to feel the same way. That\u2019s okay. But I don\u2019t understand. Why go see the movie? If you don\u2019t want to see it, don\u2019t go see it. Why do you care who\u2019s cast in it?\u201d Goldberg said.<\/p>\n

\n\tPage has a supporting role in the film as Sinon, a cousin of Matt Damon\u2019s Odysseus. The Variety<\/em> review described Page\u2019s role as \u201ctersely vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tGoldberg didn\u2019t stop at defending Page. She also went after the word \u201cwoke\u201d itself, telling viewers that the label gets thrown at ordinary people just trying to hold down jobs, raise families and get an education, not at anyone pushing an agenda.<\/p>\n

\n\tCritics on the right had first seized on inaccurate rumors that Page would be cast as Achilles, with Elon Musk among those weighing in before the actual casting was known. A similarly hostile response met Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s involvement in the project, rooted in racist objections to her casting.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe criticism has had zero effect on box office for \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d Nolan enjoyed the biggest opening of his career with the film, with the global collections now having crossed $300 million. <\/p>\n

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