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.
If Cuties and other similar programming over the years didn’t do that, why would this?
I despise the race swapping.
Now the Little Mermaid is a POC in the woke live person remake.
Good observation!
A “problem” with this is that I bet a lot of Egyptians and their “adjacents” are doing the low rating. Too many white people are too cowardly and in-the-tank with this woke crap to even downvote something on netflix in relative anonymity. And if you have any doubts with what I say, go to reddit.com, if you dare.
They’ve taken Dickens’ Great Expectations and made it with Black people................
How about a remake of the Princess and the frog with a white entertainers playing the leads?!
I laugh at the people getting worked up over this junk.
First, this is old news. Second, their woke programming crap has been hurting them for a couple of quarters. Third…it’s entertainment. If you don’t like it, don’t pay for it.
The pandemic is over. All of these streaming channels that were behaving like it was the heyday of HBO in 1980 are learning what the cable companies learned in the 1990s: you can have a billion channels but there has to be something on them to watch. People are going outdoors. People are not tied to their TVs. Crap programming is going to kill them.
Egypt is suing Netflix...............
The only error with Liz Taylor as Cleopatra is that the original Cleo is supposed to have been not good-looking, but had enough other skills to keep adversaries at bay.
Or better yet, have a cow playing the part of the frog, and the princess is the played by Jon Cena.
Jada Pinkett Smith...is she the one with the bad hair?
She must have had some beauty since she had affairs with both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony............
I was thinking of the classic Othello and Desdemona need to be race swapped.
I’ve never seen a Greek woman who looked anything like Elizabeth Taylor...
No freaking $***!? I didn’t hear about that one.
Last week, Netflix received public backlash for its planned premiere of the French film Cuties. The promotional poster for the film showed underage girls posing seductively in risqué outfits. Netflix has had a problem with pedophiliac programming for years. Back in 2018, Netflix premiered an Argentinian film called Desire that included a scene of child pornography involving girls under the age of 10. At the time, the news site PJ Media reported the film to the FBI and Department of Justice. The film included a depiction of a child masturbating.
Yep. Blacks have taken cultural appropriation to new heights. Now it’s historical appropriation.
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