Queen Cleopatra - The Most Hated Show Of All Time?
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Published 2023-05-15
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All Comments (21)
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“Why do some people need Cleopatra to be white?” Because she was. The question should be “Why do you need Cleopatra to be black?”
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It still blows my mind that they actually put “my grandma said” in a self proclaimed documentary.
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The funniest thing about this whole thing is is that by just race swapping Cleopatra they unintentionally just said that there were no actual black queens who were worth talking about
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Saying Cleopatra is black because she was born on the Continent of Africa is like saying that General George Patton is an Apache because he was born in North America.
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Jada Pinkett Smith was about as loyal to the historical depiction of Cleopatra as she was to Will Smith.
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Cleopatra was Irish! Her name was actually Clea O’Patra. Why not? My grandma told me!
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Making a cleopatra show with everyone being black because Egypt is in Africa is like making a Gandhi show with everyone being Japanese because India is in Asia
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They actually did something even more hilarious. They talked about Njinga, an African queen that "successfully fought off Portugese colonialism" but doesn't mention the 200,000 captive people she sold into slavery to the same country 😂 Because that's inconvenient and doesn't fit the narrative of "only white people did this"
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Saying Cleopatra is black is like calling Jada Pinkett Smith a loving wife
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“We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black Queens”, & we STILL HAVEN’T. Thanks, Jada
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When a whole country sues you for misrepresenting their history you should really have a long hard look at yourself.
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I hate the double standard. One group can culturally appropriate everyone else and then gatekeep their own. 😬
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My grandmother always used to tell me: “No matter what they tell you at school, Ludwig Van Beethoven was a black Trans single mom”
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I love how one of their pieces of evidence for cleopatra being black is literally “My grandma said so” It’s just a step up from “trust me bro” 💀💀
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"Cleopatra was first and foremost a scholar. She was a scientist and a linguist. These things mattered to her as much, if not more, than politics." Yeah, remember how she murdered her own sister as a science experiment? No wait, she did that for political power, dammit.
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I live in Egypt and I remember all the hate from this movie. The President even almost went as far as to ban Netflix in the country.
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My grandmother told me, "no matter what Hollywood tells you, rewriting history to fit your narrative is bigotry".
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"Velma is so awful it managed to bring everyone together." Jada Pinkett: Hold my new boyfriend.
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Aren't these the same people who complain about cultural appropriation?
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Hell, as a Greek I say we should have joined in with the lawsuit
