re: “If you don’t like the casting, don’t watch the show” – Cleopatra

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the reason it’s okay for black people to play roles traditionally played by whites and not okay for white people to play other races is because 99% of every role for a hundred years was written for white people. A little inclusion and diversity is not harming anyone cause now only 90% of roles are for white people.

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The Two-Wrongs-Make-A-Right School Of Philosophy

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At least that other poster was honest enough to say this is retaliation against whites

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:superdupermegakige:

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there's this coin, minted by Mark Antony, toward the end of her life.

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"Just had this made for you Cleo dear -- what do you think?"

"I, er... I mean, I think it's, uh, very flattering."

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Bruh, you really think Genghis Kahn was the only instance of blackface (asianface) in the history of Hollywood?

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Well, you did specifically reference it two posts previously.

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Hell, white people deserve about 70 more years of white characters being portrayed by non-white actors as punishment for John Wayne as Genghis Khan. When you throw in Mickey Rooney, all bets are off.

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That was you, right?

And why would white people need to be punished for a poorly cast film from 1956? That's a pretty stupid premise, isn't it?

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a black man (Bert Williams) was lead in a film in 1914. the first really accepted "film" was 1902.

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Don’t be obtuse. John Wayne played Gengis Kahn, Alec Guinness an Arab Mickey Rooney a Japanese man. Those past bad decisions do not justify punishing people in the present but let’s not act like Hollywood was representative in the past.

From my linked video earlier, here's the version of Cleopatra reconstructed as a redhead.



The brunette version of her is also quite stunning. But it's said that she was more intelligent and gregarious than drop dead beautiful. I'm guessing she had eye catching looks, but really knew how to work with what she had.

I think what I find so striking about the statement is that there was a time when Hollywood used their leading men and ladies to bring in the most eyeballs possible-- they would get their actors on press tours to make them beloved in the eyes of potential moviegoers. Even a controversial thing was handled delicately.

And now, the attitude so often is "don't watch it, we don't fricking want you" and they wonder why their media is tanking.

I may still check this out when it is streaming for free, but cleopatra definitely was not black

The hubris of JPS who destroyed the life and career of her husband teaming up with Netflix (who gave us Cuties) and thinking this was going to be a stellar success is mind blowing.


All I want to know is who that elderly lady was in the trailer recalling when her grandmother emphatically declared that no matter what anyone tells you, Cle was BLACK!




That's so god damn ludicrous! How the ever-loving hell would grandma ever know that??

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All I want to know is who that elderly lady was in the trailer recalling when her grandmother emphatically declared that no matter what anyone tells you, Cle was BLACK!

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After watching the trailer, the actress honestly couldve passed for a slightly darker than accurate Cleopatra, but their insistence that Cleopatra was black ruins that too.