With Disney, Snow White will be cast as black, but with a last name of “White”.
Cinderella will be cast as a transexual, but with the name changed to Cinderfella.
Cleopatra was from wakanda.
I don't even know what she means by that.
He is correct. She was descended from Ptolemy I Soter. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-I-Soter
She was not only 100% Greek, most of the Ptolemys were inbred as well. They commonly married and procreated with their own siblings.
This is the way she looked in the historically accurate nearly documentary film Cleopatra in 1963 (yes, I’m kidding).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28913843@N06/3194414685/in/photostream/lightbox/
I just wanna know if they’re going to portray Cleopatra as bald since that was the style back in the day and, if so, who the hell is Will Smith gonna slap for it?!
Pinkett Smith previously explained that she wanted to be involved in the project because she “really wanted to represent Black women.”
I have news for her Cleopatra was of greek descent, no black her stupid
When I saw Jada Pinkett Smith produced it, I knew it was a farce.
I don’t believe historical accuracy has anything to do with it. Pinkett Smith just wanted a black actress playing Cleopatra. Since she put up the money, she gets a black actress.
Julius and Marc Antony both had it off with her.
She was Greek
I haven’t seen the program, but this type of stuff doesn’t bother me. Even if they claim its a documentary, its entertainment. I mean, come on. Its Netflix. There is nothing serious or scholarly about what they do. And when it comes to entertainment, it doesn’t bother me if they have a black actor playing a white role. Same with Netflix’s Charlotte series. I don’t car that they have a black actress as Queen Charlotte. None of this is about historical accuracy. Its about entertainment. No historical movie ever has been about accuracy. Ever single one of them imports modern ideas into the script. Think about something like Gladiator. I almost laughed out loud in the theater when the Marcus Aurelius character said he wanted Maximus to bring democracy back to Rome. You just have to roll with it and judge it on its entertainment value.
I guarantee you loads of blacks will come away believing that Cleopatra was black. So will millions of other Americans. This show has its own built in racial controversy, so I expect it to be a hit.
This is pop culture and will overwhelm any real history that takes some brains (though not much) and effort.
Even now, I am sure millions of blacks here believe we had slavery until 100 years ago. Or less!!