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Furious Egyptian government says Cleopatra was NOT black
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:04 pm
Egypt has slammed Netflix for presenting Cleopatra as black in its new docudrama - accusing the streaming giant of 'falsifying Egyptian history'. Officials slap down Netflix for 'blackwashing' pharaoh as they say she 'had white skin and Hellenistic features'
Netflix had been accused of 'blackwashing' history by casting the black actress as the pharaoh in the new series about the Macedonian-Greek ruler.
Producer Jada Pinkett Smith said she wanted to tell the story because 'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'
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African Queens: Queen Cleopatra stars 37-year-old English actress Adele James as the titular character.
Netflix had been accused of 'blackwashing' history by casting the black actress as the pharaoh in the new series about the Macedonian-Greek ruler.
Producer Jada Pinkett Smith said she wanted to tell the story because 'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'
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African Queens: Queen Cleopatra stars 37-year-old English actress Adele James as the titular character.
This post was edited on 4/28/23 at 2:12 pm
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Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:08 pm to ItzMe1972
Netflix is developing a trend of race swapping historical figures
They made Anne Boleyn, one of the whitest fricking people that ever existed, a black chick
They made Anne Boleyn, one of the whitest fricking people that ever existed, a black chick
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:09 pm to ItzMe1972
Dang it Egypt! Get with the program!
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:11 pm to ItzMe1972
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Producer Jada Pinkett Smith
Funniest thing I read:
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The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shared images of the bust of the ruler to show she did have a 'light complexion'
I don't think they had these hairstyles in ancient Egypt
This post was edited on 4/28/23 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:12 pm to ItzMe1972
Pfft, what would Egypt know about Egyptian history? Woke hollywood is about to learn them something.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:14 pm to ItzMe1972
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Jada Pinkett Smith
You better keep her name out of this thread
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:15 pm to JetsetNuggs
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Netflix is developing a trend of race swapping historical figures
They made Anne Boleyn, one of the whitest fricking people that ever existed, a black chick
And whether that was a good or bad idea aside, most people aren't going to care a ton because no one watching that is going to think the historical Anne Boleyn was black.
On the other hand, I imagine large portions of the world population incorrectly think Cleopatra was black. Hell, I would say the majority of the world's population think she looked arab. I would say less than 10% actually know she was Macedonian/Greek. So this is significantly more of a problem, in my opinion, than other examples of "cross-race" productions.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:15 pm to JetsetNuggs
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Netflix is developing a trend of race swapping historical figures
They made Anne Boleyn, one of the whitest fricking people that ever existed, a black chick
Be careful, or the usual suspects from the Movie/TV board will flock here to tell you why this doesn't matter and that you're overreacting.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:16 pm to ItzMe1972
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'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'
there might be a good reason for that
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:19 pm to ItzMe1972
Egypt getting all uppity telling Americans how Egyptians really looked
The nerve
The nerve
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:21 pm to JetsetNuggs
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Netflix is developing a trend of race swapping historical figures
And they shove some form of gayness in every single fricking show they produce
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:21 pm to ItzMe1972
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'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'
Oh I think we see and hear them everyday
This post was edited on 4/28/23 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:22 pm to boxcarbarney
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Be careful, or the usual suspects from the Movie/TV board will flock here to tell you why this doesn't matter and that you're overreacting.
Somewhere in the world, SammyTiger and Bronc and reeeeeing loudly
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:24 pm to ItzMe1972
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Producer Jada Pinkett Smith said she wanted to tell the story because 'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'
Well, I guess they still won't G I Jada
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:25 pm to ItzMe1972
Race is a fluid construct
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:25 pm to ItzMe1972
I wonder how you display “we Wuz kangz” in hieroglyphics?
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:26 pm to JetsetNuggs
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:28 pm to JackieTreehorn
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I wonder how you display “we Wuz kangz” in hieroglyphics?
Go look at a blighted property in North Baton Rouge I'm sure it's on one of them
This post was edited on 4/28/23 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:28 pm to ItzMe1972
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Producer Jada Pinkett Smith said she wanted to tell the story because 'we don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens.'
Who gives a frick about Queens? Maybe they need better modern day role models.
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