Posted on 05/15/2023 1:02:25 PM PDT by Red Badger
Netflix’s “Cleopatra” documentary has turned into an epic disaster. The audience despises the “woke” show that absurdly portrays a fair-skinned Greek woman as an “African queen.” Adding fuel to the fire, critics have also slammed it, labeling the documentary a complete failure, falling even below the quality of cheesy afternoon soap operas. It’s an embarrassing flop that leaves you scratching your head, wondering why Netflix would humor Jada Pinkett Smith’s inner racist and air such utter trash.
On the flip side, Elizabeth Taylor’s rendition of Cleopatra came remarkably close to capturing the essence of the legendary figure.
Beauty Flashback: Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra
Naturally, the liberal critics conveniently avoided addressing the absurd and offensive casting choices, opting instead to criticize the subpar acting and lackluster plotlines.
Daily Mail:
Writing for the Telegraph, Anita Singh said was an ‘over-abundance of former soap stars’ which made the new drama documentary’ a misfire’.
She penned: ‘You’re left wondering why Netflix didn’t just throw another £100 million at it and make a lavish, soapy drama instead of this halfway house.
‘I’ll admit that I now know more about Cleopatra than I did before – narratively it flows well, and does a halfway decent job of explaining why she was such a significant figure.
‘But it’s too soapy for serious history fans, and not enough of a soap for viewers who like juicy historical dramas.’
Looks like the critics almost hit the bullseye for once as the audience score landed at a cringe-worthy 1%, and honestly, that’s still seems too high.
Is Netflix about to have its “Bud Light” moment, where they pump the brakes on the wild woke train and return to delivering entertaining, fact-based historical shows that people actually love?
Probably not…
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Yes, we’re dripping with sarcasm here, but sadly, Netflix would probably jump on board with this idea without a moment’s hesitation.
Its woke no matter when it was opinioned
Those people had no concept of our contemporary ‘woke-ness’. They saw what they saw, and they wrote about it.
(And they didn’t express it in ways that one might find particularly ‘flattering’.)
You do realize that Wiki is not a reliable source of history in any sense? It can be edited by any one, including modern woksters.
I don’t rely only on Wiki (though I find that it’s often very good, with extensive footnotes and links to sources.)
There has been lots of discussion about this over the years.
ESG is the reason. Financial giants have most large corporations by the boys.
This video explains it really well:
That’s a good video.
My husband was practically a life-long Dr. Who fan. When they made the Doctor a female, he quit watching. I don’t think he’s watched another one since.
I was the same way with Dr. Who. I got excited when they said they were bringing David Tennant back, but then it leaked that he will be a temporary Doctor and the real new one, Ncuti Gatwa, will be a gay black Doctor.
Because that’s better.
It’s all nonsense.
(I wonder: if they were to give the gay Doctor stereotypical ‘gay behaviors’, interested parties would take it as kindly as they’ve taken Dylan Mulvaney’s sheer mockery of females...)
Historical appropriation...who wants to bet this film makes it into academia, and is presented to unsuspecting students as fact?
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