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.
Me too they absolutely ruined the Foundation. It is a disaster!!
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.
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
She was really smart which is more attractive than looks to really smart men.
I’m waiting for a black Frosty the Snowman
“ sure where that came from. She was good looking enough to get both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.
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Her coin with her face on it says she was a dog
LOL. Well done, guys. I must be slipping. I should have thought of both of those.
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.
Okay, so maybe the violet eyes were a stretch.
But clearly they’ve gone overboard to the other extreme.
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.
And she was kind of fat too.
Looked more like Elizabeth Taylor after she started choking on chicken bones
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?
Was Elizabeth Taylor Macedonian?
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No Netflix in this house since they produced "Cuties".
i cant wait for the white Amos & Andy
the only rating they will pay attention to is to cancel them
I understand the Egyptians are having a cow and demanding that this purported documentary be banned from their country for the misrepresentations
I understand the Egyptians are having a cow and demanding that this purported documentary be banned from their country for the misrepresentations
Will is on the way over to your place to slap you
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