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Controversial documentary Cleopatra just gave Netflix their “Bud Light” wakeup call…
Revolver ^ | May 15, 2023

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…

Hold onto your remote controls! Netflix is ready to take us on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the captivating world of cocaine in their upcoming documentary. Brace yourselves for an electrifying blend of eye-opening revelations and addictive storytelling, because when it comes to pushing boundaries, nobody does it quite like Netflix…

Yes, we’re dripping with sarcasm here, but sadly, Netflix would probably jump on board with this idea without a moment’s hesitation.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; cancelnetflix; cleopatra; cleopatravii; cuties; donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; egypt; genealogy; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; netflix; romanempire
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To: bwest

Me too they absolutely ruined the Foundation. It is a disaster!!


41 posted on 05/15/2023 1:56:38 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (Read The Screwtape letters, section “Screwtape Proposes a Toast”)
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To: Red Badger

I cancelled Netflix after 20 years when the said you could no longer share your password. With three household off one account it was almost worth it. Now I get weekly e-mails’ begging me to come back.


42 posted on 05/15/2023 1:57:02 PM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Red Badger

Luckily, the art of the time was incredibly realistic. This was a period before Christianity moved the art world into a symbolic style that wrecked naturalism for centuries to come. Egyptian art had its own stylistic periods, like the portraits from the Akhenaten period.

Egyptian Fayum Portraits of the Ptolemaic Period
332-30 BC
The Ptolemaic Kingdom was founded by Ptolemy and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Roman conquest in 30 BC.
https://youtu.be/ghLdvoR81f4

Ancient Egyptian Art to Ancient Music
https://youtu.be/05kSpcfUCyI


43 posted on 05/15/2023 2:00:44 PM PDT by mairdie (Grandfather Jack Bell - miner, reporter, lawman, naturalist - https://youtu.be/Dnnb63UEk9c)
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To: Red Badger

She was really smart which is more attractive than looks to really smart men.


44 posted on 05/15/2023 2:02:10 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Red Badger

I’m waiting for a black Frosty the Snowman


45 posted on 05/15/2023 2:12:40 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: PIF
Is there any historical figure that is not Black?

Hitler. Blacks are generous, so they'll let Whitey keep Hitler.
46 posted on 05/15/2023 2:14:49 PM PDT by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: RainMan

“ sure where that came from. She was good looking enough to get both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.

Her coin with her face on it says she was a dog


47 posted on 05/15/2023 2:15:57 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: mykroar; Red Badger

LOL. Well done, guys. I must be slipping. I should have thought of both of those.


48 posted on 05/15/2023 2:16:38 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: 1Old Pro

I think this factor; that one of the series’ producers is Jada Pinkett Smith aka Mrs. Will (THE SLAP!) Smith
is one of several items weighing this movie down.

Based on public commentary I’ve seen on other sites,
many of Will’s ex fans remain angry at his outburst, and Jada’s part in the event. Still upset, more than a year later.


49 posted on 05/15/2023 2:16:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

Okay, so maybe the violet eyes were a stretch.

But clearly they’ve gone overboard to the other extreme.


50 posted on 05/15/2023 2:17:48 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: PIF

There were suggestions going back to the 1800s that Charlotte may have had some African ancestry - one writer describing a portrait of her, referred to her ‘mulatto’ features; the idea was suggested again in a 1940s book.

People were basing this entirely on how her features appeared, not on any proof of ancestry.

True or not, it’s not a contemporary ‘woke’ idea, it’s just being used.


51 posted on 05/15/2023 2:19:19 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: RainMan

And she was kind of fat too.

Looked more like Elizabeth Taylor after she started choking on chicken bones


52 posted on 05/15/2023 2:19:31 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: noiseman
You know, I never really understood that way of thinking, that if your ancestors did "x", that automatically by osmosis made you "great".

Heck, if all my ancestors did was climb coconut trees, but as of today, I am a nuclear physicist, why should I care what my ancestors did or didn't do?

53 posted on 05/15/2023 2:24:22 PM PDT by PallMal
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To: Red Badger

Was Elizabeth Taylor Macedonian?


54 posted on 05/15/2023 2:26:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Republican Wildcat
"If Cuties and other similar programming over the years didn’t do that, why would this?"

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No Netflix in this house since they produced "Cuties".

55 posted on 05/15/2023 2:37:28 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-AaA)
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To: Red Badger

i cant wait for the white Amos & Andy


56 posted on 05/15/2023 2:42:53 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Captainpaintball

the only rating they will pay attention to is to cancel them


57 posted on 05/15/2023 2:44:59 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Captainpaintball

I understand the Egyptians are having a cow and demanding that this purported documentary be banned from their country for the misrepresentations


58 posted on 05/15/2023 2:46:12 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Captainpaintball

I understand the Egyptians are having a cow and demanding that this purported documentary be banned from their country for the misrepresentations


59 posted on 05/15/2023 2:46:12 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: 1Old Pro

Will is on the way over to your place to slap you


60 posted on 05/15/2023 2:47:39 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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