Netflix’s Cleopatra is so Much Worse Than You Think
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Published 2023-05-22
Afro Kween is vile: 00:00
'Cleopatra was black': 05:25
Blood libel against Egypt: 08:34
Hackademics and skintellectuals: 11:11
Basic historical illiteracy: 13:28
Girl boss Cleopatra: 15:30
Anti-male agenda: 17:20
We wuz the julian calendar: 25:31
More anti-white male agenda: 26:44
The distortion of The War of Actium: 27:53
Character assassination of Octavian: 36:00
Evil white colonizers: 40:00
The Romans were istophobes: 42:10
Many lies: 43:08
Failure of Afro Kween: 46:10
Sources:
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55711554-the-war-th…
10 Major Accomplishments of Augustus Caesar | Learnodo Newtonic (learnodo-newtonic.com)
War of Actium - Wikipedia
Roman Empire under Augustus (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/regy/hd_regy.htm
All Comments (21)
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400 years later; "Elon Musk was black because he was from Africa."
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Jada was as faithful to history as she was to her husband...
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They talked about Egyptians like they’re a fantasy race
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The fact that Yugioh and The Prince of Egypt paid homage to the Eygptians with their color and history WAY BETTER than this 💀💀
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The show not only insulted the Egyptians and Greeks, they also managed to insult the freaking Italians.
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When Assasin's Creed is more historically accurate than a documentary.
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You know what's really sad? The misconception that Cleopatra was black is so popular that Netflix thought they could get away with this. It's comforting to know that in the end it still backfired.
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when i learned that Egypt were suing Netflix, it was hugely amusing bc imagine making something so horrendous that an entire country is suing you
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Im proud of Egypt and Egyptians of rejecting this trash.
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"My grandmother told me... I don't care what they tell you in school... Black Panther was white." Standing ovation.
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"Jada Pinket's bald faced lies" Please stop, i can't take any more! 😂
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I think ppl forget you can be african without being black
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You have to admit, it's pretty damn impressive to botch history so badly that an entire country comes at you with a lawsuit.
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I cried with joy at the bit where Napoleon Bonaparte is cowering in fear at Austerlitz, then Cleopatra burst through the enemy lines in her tank, rousing Bonaparte to believe he could win the day.
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"You can imagine what Cleopatra looked like in your own way." NO! No, you can't! She was a real person, not a fictional character.
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As an Egyptian I ask every human with a logical operating mind and respect to human history to help fight the pseudoscience ignorance such as this for the sake of our future! DON’T LET STUPID PEOPLE WIN!
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"I don't care what they tell you in school, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was white". - my Grandmother.
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I hate when male characters are downplayed or made out to be outright stupid just to make the female character(s) look like badasses, especially so when the female is ALREADY pretty badass in her own right! It just screams "women can't be cool unless the men are stupid!"
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Agripa was a fantastic general, strategic genius and tactically perfect leader. He was an incredibly loyal friend to Augustus and deserves the spotlight.
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They nailed her accent perfectly also. Cleopatra definitely had a proper British accent and that’s a fact.
