{"id":1643461,"date":"2022-09-16T16:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1643461"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:36:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:36:27","slug":"the-woman-king-falsely-paints-female-warrior-slave-traders-as-abolitionists-even-leftist-critics-admit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-woman-king-falsely-paints-female-warrior-slave-traders-as-abolitionists-even-leftist-critics-admit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Woman King\u2019 Falsely Paints Female Warrior Slave Traders As Abolitionists, Even Leftist Critics Admit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-woman-king-falsely-paints-female-warrior-slave-traders-as-abolitionists-even-leftist-critics-admit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1643461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cThe Woman King\u201d is already earning rave reviews from most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critics<\/a>, but even some left-wing outlets are being forced to admit that the writers completely rewrote history by painting the Agojie warrior women as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/slavery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abolitionists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The historical drama\u2019s description calls it \u201cthe remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It goes on to say this story, \u201cinspired by true events,\u201d depicts the General Nanisca (Viola Davis) as she \u201ctrains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The movie, which premiered Friday, currently has a 96% critic rating and 99% audience rating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_woman_king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. However, even among the glowing praise of this \u201ctrue story\u201d of female empowerment, there are some mainstream outlets admitting that parts of the story are not accurate.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that in the kingdom of Dahomey, women stepped outside their typical social roles to serve as warriors. The film could have solely focused on that truth and remained mostly accurate. However, Nanisca is portrayed as anti-slavery, when in reality, the Agojie warriors had no moral qualms about enslaving neighboring tribes and profiting from the African slave trade. This practice continued until the British Empire ended the slave trade in the region.<\/p>\n<p>To their credit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/sisterhood-and-slavery-in-the-woman-king\">reviewer<\/a> from The New Yorker calls out this historical error. \u201cIf the scriptwriters had wanted, \u2018The Woman King\u2019 could have been an amoral epic about swordplay and statecraft,\u201d the reviewer writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut \u2018The Woman King\u2019 chooses to make resistance to slavery its moral compass, then misrepresents a kingdom that trafficked tens of thousands as a vanguard in the struggle against it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-woman-king-review-viola-davis-thuso-mbedu-john-boyega-dana-stevens-maria-bello-gina-prince-bythewood-11663280007\">notes<\/a> the inaccuracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe central problem with the movie\u2014call it the #MeToo \u2018Black Panther\u2019\u2014is that in reality Dahomey notoriously built its wealth on capturing local people and selling them into slavery,\u201d the reviewer writes. \u201cCharacters in \u2018The Woman King\u2019 blame enslavement in Dahomey on the economic meddling of white traders although it was well-established in West Africa before the Europeans got involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistorical inaccuracy never troubled Hollywood before, so why shouldn\u2019t the ladies help themselves to some of it? Fair question, but there\u2019s a difference between stretching the truth and presenting the opposite of it,\u201d the WSJ review concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these critical assessments, most reviews praise the film for being \u201cpowerful\u201d and \u201cferocious.\u201d Peter Travers from ABC News wrote that it \u201creminds us how truly inspiring it is to see these brave sisters doing it for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Woman King\u201d is currently playing in theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Woman King\u201d is already earning rave reviews from most critics, but even some left-wing outlets are being forced to admit that the writers completely rewrote history by painting the Agojie warrior women as abolitionists. 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