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Gal Gadot Responds to ‘Whitewashing’ Backlash After ‘Cleopatra’ Casting
New York Post ^ | December 23, 2020

Posted on 12/24/2020 11:09:12 PM PST by nickcarraway

Gal Gadot has defended her casting as Cleopatra after she was met with accusations of “whitewashing” the upcoming biopic.

Critics have said that an Arab or African actress should play the role of the iconic Egyptian leader instead of the 35-year-old Israeli actress.

“First of all, if you want to be true to the facts, then Cleopatra was Macedonian,” Gadot told BBC Arabic. “We were looking for a Macedonian actress that could fit Cleopatra. She wasn’t there. And I was very passionate about Cleopatra.”

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To: nickcarraway

We Wuz Egyptianz.....


61 posted on 12/25/2020 10:16:19 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Organic Panic
"Roland the Gunslinger played by Idris Elba."

Thanks, I wouldn't have known that because I never read the books. I watched the movie because I like Idris Elba, but didn't enjoy the movie, probably because I hadn't followed the series.

62 posted on 12/25/2020 10:24:37 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

Well if you’ve seen the Rodgers and Hammerstein Productions, I assume you’ve seen “Oklahoma,” which was set to film in 1955. There was a very good version of “Fiddler on the Roof” produced as a movie in 1971 that’s well worth watching. And another fun one is “The Music Man.”

I’ve seen live theatre productions of “Oklahoma” and “Fiddler” but quality varies by company. And the moderns sometimes these days incorporate weird twists to incorporate some cultural message that changes the nature of the plot.

Imagine the overtones of “Oklahoma” with Jud cast as a black man, for instance. Ungh.

Oh, one other you might like is “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” A direct-to-film production of this 1972 classic by Andrew Lloyd Webber was made in 1999. It’s a fun retelling of the Biblical tale set to different musical styles (hello, Pharaoh as an Elvis impersonator singing doo-wop?).


63 posted on 12/25/2020 10:51:15 AM PST by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: HKMk23

Yes, I saw “Oklahoma” many years ago, and have the “Soundtrack.” “The King & I” with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner was another favorite. As a young girl of 8, I had my mother wake me up if either Kerr or Brynner won the Oscar. “South Pacific” was another favorite as was “The Sound of Music.” When I saw the movie “The Sound of Music,” I was surprised to see and hear Peggy Wood singing. We used to watch her every week in her TV show “Mama.” “Annie Get Your Gun” with Bette Hutton and Howard Keel is another great movie and soundtrack. They sure don’t make them like that any more. They were wholesome, and enjoyable. Not the LGBT crap they throw in your face on every TV show, and movie today.


64 posted on 12/25/2020 11:16:54 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: DoughtyOne

Liberals have reverted to a tiered moral system. We have to oppress whites and appropriate their culture to “make” it equal. Because liberals have the power to say and then institute policies that oppress said “privileged” people.


65 posted on 12/25/2020 11:47:55 AM PST by tbw2
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To: wildcard_redneck

They still search for Wakanda on Google around 8500 times per month.

“where is wakanda”
“how much are flights to wakanda”
“travel to wakanda”


66 posted on 12/25/2020 12:30:51 PM PST by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yeah, I’m sure that grates them.


67 posted on 12/25/2020 1:18:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: Redmen4ever

Thanks for the information and comments.

I appreciate the full airing of the Cleopatra background.

I agree with your take on the roll playing also.

I’m not against racial or gender “mis-appropriation” as long
as people don’t try to make political mileage off of it.

If they do, I’m willing to push back hard.

Take care...


68 posted on 12/25/2020 1:27:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: SkyPilot

They may try, and come up with a government friendly way of
doing it, but I don’t think we will go quietly.

S U R P R I S E !


69 posted on 12/25/2020 1:29:37 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: Jewbacca

Yes, I agree with you.


70 posted on 12/25/2020 1:31:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: nickcarraway

my wife is watching the new Netflix chick movie/series, Bridgerton.

in the series, the duke of hastings and queen charlotte are both black. I’m pretty sure they were white in real life.

I haven’t seen any protesters, murders, or burning buildings due to this peice of dramatic license.


71 posted on 12/25/2020 1:34:42 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: nickcarraway

Cleopatra was white; a Greek Ptolemy.

Idiocy.


72 posted on 12/25/2020 1:38:33 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I’m not in tune with actors and the like today.

In general terms it should be someone that doesn’t have to
look just like him, but should be able to project the stature
of the man. They should have a grasp of who he was, what
his views were, and being in general agreement with them.

I don’t like Leftists to be pulled in to play these parts, because
they they go out and shoot their mouths off about the person
they portrayed, destroying in part the role they played.


73 posted on 12/25/2020 1:39:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: SkyPilot

My god


74 posted on 12/25/2020 1:48:27 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: ThunderSleeps

My thoughts are along the lines of yours, but I have this
nagging feeling that I’ve seen some statements of hers that
I couldn’t stomach.


75 posted on 12/25/2020 1:57:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: SkyPilot
That is why This happens every election!

notonevote

76 posted on 12/25/2020 1:58:15 PM PST by timestax
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To: tbw2

I agree.

Sadly, they have no morals, at all.


77 posted on 12/25/2020 2:01:28 PM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: SkyPilot

OMG. The guy by the pyramids looks so ridiculous.


78 posted on 12/25/2020 2:06:47 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: MNDude

Very pretty, if that is her then back in the day she was hot.


79 posted on 12/25/2020 2:19:48 PM PST by jpsb
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To: Jewbacca
Israelis are Mediterranean people. We look pretty much like everyone else along all the coasts.

Egyptians, Lebanese, Greeks, Italians, Spaniards --- since ancient times people along the Mediterranean coast have been trading and inter-marrying so much that they can be considered one people. Genetically, the Greek has more in common with the Lebanese Christian than he has with a Swede.

As far as the Egyptians, most likely they were descended from Eurasian agriculturalists who migrated down to the Nile Valley, noticed the rich farmland, and took over, displacing any hunter/gathering blacks. A tribe which knows agriculture (which permits a far higher population density than hunter/gathering) and has mastered making metal-edged weapons, will conquer non-technological people every time.

80 posted on 12/25/2020 2:33:26 PM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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