Beware of asps!
Posted on 04/19/2023 6:32:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Egyptian experts have criticized Netflix for “blackwashing” its upcoming docu-series about Queen Cleopatra VII.
Now, they’re taking action to see that the show never airs — by banning the streaming giant from the country completely.
“African Queens: Queen Cleopatra” is narrated and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith, 51, and stars Adele James, 27, who is biracial, as the legendary queen of Egypt, whose specific race has long been the subject of historical dispute.
Pinkett Smith previously explained that she wanted to be involved in the project because she “really wanted to represent Black women.”
But Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, who previously served as the nation’s antiquities minister, is not happy with the “completely fake” portrayal of the famous queen, who he claims was wholly Greek — and “not black.” He’s accused Netflix of “trying to provoke confusion by spreading false and deceptive facts that the origin of the Egyptian civilization is black.”
“Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was light-skinned, not black,” the archaeologist told the Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper, per a BBC report on Wednesday.
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So the Disney should also be accused of blackwashing Tinkerbell and Ariel
but she was a Nubian princess!!
There are a lot of YouTube videos saying she was black.
Black is the new white. Hollywood will only cast villains and stupid people as white now.
Hawass is correct. So pathetic that American blacks try to rewrite history that sub-saharan Africans did anything historically significant.
Sold as slaves by Arabs and a massive inferiority complex that we have to endure because some assholes were lazy and immoral.
Cleopatra looked Greek to me, that makes more sense considering the times she lived in.
She Wuz Kweenz!
Oh. That settles it then. Youtube also says aliens built the pyramids.
Beware of asps!
Stunning that Picket wanted the role to depict a black woman.....such absolute nonsense these days - blacks have got berserk.
i still remember when russia, invented EVERYTHING!!!
it was such a joke, they wrote it into Chekhov on StarTrek...
only a non-white is allowed to point this out. Any white who would raise objection to historical inaccuracy would be automatically deemed racist
This isn’t about Cleopatra, but a new Amazon Prime movie i watched the other day.
“A Wing And A Prayer” — really good movie with Dennis Quaid. A true story. A family flying in a small private plane when the pilot had a heart attack and died. Dad had to land it. A very angst-ridden movie. The heroes were air traffic controllers, especially two of them.
At the end of the movie they showed the movie characters’ pictures next to the pics of the real people involved. The two BLACK heroes in the movie were ... WHITE.
Abe Lincoln called her that. Fact.
“Netflix is proud to partner with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. Watch the acclaimed, award-winning movies and series they’ve brought to life”
says all you need to know about Netflix. Anyone subscribing to Netflix is supporting Barry Obama and Big Mike.
I lived in Egypt 3 years. Egyptians generally look down on darker skinned people, such as Nubians, from the south. Delta dwellers are generally lighter skinned reflecting greek and roman influence.
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