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Race row erupts over casting of Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra
Daily Mail ^
| June 17, 2010
| Sophie Forbes
Posted on 06/18/2010 4:13:24 AM PDT by C19fan
She hasn't even been officially confirmed as having the role, but Angelina Jolie is already receiving criticism over her possible portrayal of the legendary Queen of the Nile. Jolie, who turned 35 last week, is caught up in a racially charged debate over whether the role should of been played by a black woman. The Egyptian royal was most famously portrayed Elizabeth Taylor in 1963.
The new film's producer, Scott Rudin, previously told USA Today the role is being developed with Angelina in mind as she has 'the perfect look'.
But this statement has angered members of the African American community. An Essence Magazine online story asks, 'Another White Actress to Play Cleopatra?'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; angelinajolie; black; cleopatra; cleopatravii; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; jolie
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To: hennie pennie
Drives me crazy, too....
I wish they'd just write, "should've" at least it's the correct contraction and eliminates the error. :)
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:12:56 AM PDT
by
CAluvdubya
(WASS!)
To: C19fan
They were known as the "White Piney People of the Nile" before they cut down all their trees.
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:22:08 AM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Never argue with stupid people. They drag you down to their level and win through experience.)
To: hennie pennie
Yep. That bugs me too. I’ve also seen folks on FR use ‘another words’ instead of ‘in other words’. I blame texting. ;o)
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:23:25 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: seemoAR
I wonder if Michelle O would play the roleA horrifying thought, LOL!
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:31:46 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
To: hennie pennie
Thank you, very illuminating post.
45
posted on
06/18/2010 5:34:04 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
To: Liberty Valance; hennie pennie
Yep. That bugs me too. Ive also seen folks on FR use another words instead of in other words. I blame texting. ;o) True, but around here that is a mute point. ;-) hehe
46
posted on
06/18/2010 5:34:35 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
To: C19fan
47
posted on
06/18/2010 5:35:25 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Still voteless in NY-29. Over 250 roll call votes missed and counting...)
To: C19fan
"Silence! I will decide who shall play Cleopatra!"
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:36:14 AM PDT
by
ladyvet
(WOLVERINES!!!!!)
To: seemoAR
I wonder if Michelle O would play the role. ;0) For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud to be an Egyptian.
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:36:47 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
To: TSgt
Please add that (White Racist) sea captains threw them overboard to quench the hunger of the racist (White Sharks) on soul patrol.
The reality is, who cares if a bunch of black racist crybabies get upset anyway. Glad to see Brad Spit and Angie Jobie’s adoption of African Babies is greatly appreciated by the AA community.
Sucker(s) never learn that you cannot make people love you, when they are taught from early age to hate you. “For whom the ghetto sneaker fits.”
The Worm Has Turned,
NSNR
To: TSgt
The acting president? What movies has he been in?
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:39:04 AM PDT
by
glide625
To: C19fan
I'd be in total support of a black actress portraying Cleopatra, as long as the black community was willing to pay reparations to the descendants of the Israelite slaves they forced to build the pyramids :-)
Reparations for Israel!! Pay up Al & Jesse!
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:40:52 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: C19fan
There’s a statue of Cleopatra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It (she) is quite beautiful. It shows her as having kinked hair. I asked an Egyptian about this. She said Cleopatra wore a wig of kinked hair to honor her Nubian subjects.
To: C19fan
Cleopatra was of the Greek Ptolemy family, was she not?
She was not a nubian.
Jolie is a good fit- an unstable emotionally needy narccissist.
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:45:58 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: hennie pennie
Here is a UK educational web site's incorrect portrayal of Cleopatra.
http://www.englishtap.co.uk/etlw/read/history/cleopatra.html
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:49:39 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: TSgt
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posted on
06/18/2010 5:51:58 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: commish
What???????
A mute point ??????
LOLOL
That's a new one for me, I've never seen that, LOL @ commish!!
To: C19fan
Lissenup, VRWC Racists!
An inexperienced mulatto teleprompter reader was cast to play the POTUS role in the Soros Production, "The End of America," and you guys are fighting for Angelina Jolie?
Of course Cleopatra was of African ancestry. Every Black Liberation Preacher knows that much. Proof? You want proof?
After her reign, Egypt became a Roman colony. After Obama's reign, we shall become a Chinese colony.
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posted on
06/18/2010 6:57:05 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Is that big scar on BHO, Jr.'s head where they put in the receiver?)
To: Liberty Valance; hennie pennie
My pet peeve is “wala” instead of “voila” grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!
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posted on
06/18/2010 8:07:13 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.)
To: Kenny Bunk
So Obama must be Chinese.
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posted on
06/18/2010 8:10:48 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.)
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