Egyptian government says Cleopatra was NOT black: Officials slap down Netflix for 'blackwashing' pharaoh as they say she 'had white skin and Hellenistic features' - and docudrama is 'a falsification of Egyptian history'

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 28 2023 | JOE HUTCHISON and ROSS IBBETSON and ELEANOR DYE FOR MAILONLINE

[knighthawk]

Egypt has slammed Netflix for presenting Cleopatra as black in its new docudrama - accusing the streaming giant of 'falsifying Egyptian history'.

Netflix had been accused of 'blackwashing' history by casting the black actress as the pharaoh in the new series about the Macedonian-Greek ruler.

African Queens: Queen Cleopatra stars 37-year-old English actress Adele James as the titular character.

[DallasBiff]

Wokeism took down twitter, it will take down Netflix.

[thegagline]

I thought cultural appropriation was “violence.”

I guess that, like so many rules, it doesn’t apply to blacks.

[AZJeep]

Cleopatra was not even Egyptian.
She was direct descendent of Ptolemaius Soter, one of the Alexander’s general.
From Macedonia, north of Greece.

[lee martell]

The Egyptians are not going to let this go without a fight. They have deeply ingrained ideas about each and every ethnicity, including blacks, asians and without question, jews. They don’t care who knows it.

[WashingtonSource]

So glad Egypt is trashing Netflix.

[joshua c]

i hear they are doing a remake of Shaft with Jason Statham

gonna be awesome

[ArtDodger]

I remember a production of ‘How Green Was My Valley”, a story about a Welch coal mining community, that featured Cicely Tyson in the lead female part. Too stupid to imagine. That lasted only a short time.

[Nifster]

My history classes always taught that she was of znubian heritage and darker than the Romans or Greeks

[Dogbert41]

https://youtu.be/jRJe99IipC4

Hard to argue the historical evidence.

[Chickensoup]

Is that why we have the Founding Fathers in blackface.

[Chickensoup]

A remarkable book about the Welsh

[Honorary Serb]

Cleopatra was Hellenistic Greek—therefore white!!!!

[Chickensoup]

You were lied to.

I recommend that people take Hillsdale history courses to correct the stupidity they were taught in leftist indoctrination centers

[CatOwner]

Historical evidence or someone’s strong opinion? Regardless, I’ll side with what the Egyptians are saying on the subject.

[ronnie raygun]

These days anyone can be any thing, cleo was greek

[Salman]

Some of the REALLY ancient Egyptians (thousands of years before Cleopatra) were black. Like this guy.

But Cleopatra was Greek. In modern terms a European colonialist.

But the Netfix version is consistent with African American folklore of the 20th century. It's almost like a religious doctrine among many African Americans.

And African Americans are the target audience, not Egyptians.

And the Liz Taylor version wasn't all that historically accurate either.

[Dr. Sivana]

I remember a production of ‘How Green Was My Valley”, a story about a Welch coal mining community, that featured Cicely Tyson in the lead female part. Too stupid to imagine. That lasted only a short time.

Then there's the Carousel revival on Broadway with a black Billy Bigelow. Early 20th Century Maine is NOT where you would see this romance happen.

[nickcarraway]

You don’t believe in casting by merit, not skin color?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Netflix had been accused of 'blackwashing' history by casting the black actress as the pharaoh in the new series about the Macedonian-Greek ruler.