Cleopatra Loses Netflix $2 Billion In Egypt Lawsuit

Netflix's Cleopatra documentary was ridiculed all over the internet a few months ago, but now Netflix is in a lawsuit with Egypt which may lose them $2 billion and possibly even more due to lawyer and court fee's which in a case this big will add up. However it begs a bigger question which is why Hollywood have to market every show and movie with a political spin rather than with quality of story.
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[@rinoamenna]

it's cute that she thinks its about her or her skin tone & not realizing its about destroying HISTORY

[@ricsim78]

Destroying history and making it whatever they want it to be rather than what really happened.

[@SM-nz9ff]

Its cute that she is talking to actual Africans....LOL yes the actual black people are racists against the black British person LOLOL

[@reddnuckles]

History, you say? So where's all that backlash for white people playing Egyptians. Those Persians had all the smoke for a black girl playing Cleopatra, and the funny thing is, Egypt claim it has nothing to do with Greece and their Cleopatra. Since she isn't really Egyptian. So I would ask why so serious and now want to sue? I smell selective outrage. 🤣🤦🏾

[@ricsim78]

@@reddnucklesFunny you could not see the difference. The old Cleopatra MOVIE was not trying to make a statement with the "white casting", and was a MOVIE. This is a "DOCUMENTARY" featuring a black Cleopatra, with "experts" claiming it is legit. The fact you could not figure this out by yourself is the only outrage I have! 🤦‍♂

[@reddnuckles]

@@ricsim78 I can tell you were very emotional typing that response to my comment. I didn't mention anything about about the old Cleopatra movies. High emotions is the #1 factor for selective outrage and you're clearly guilty of it sir. The History Channel have a large catalogs of Egyptian documentaries dated in the late 80s, all of the 90s and 2000s. What did you see on the majority of those films white americans playing Egyptians. No one said a word. The first "Documentary" showing a black woman playing a white historic figure broke the internet. You say it's not about race? All you hear is "they just need to make it historically accurate" and I would agree. C'mon..the modern day Egyptians never cared for Cleopatra why now? Because if it was another studio behind the film they wouldn't care. So they use the guides of racism to vent their frustration, so they can make a case to sue Netflix. AkA selective outrage, in its natural form. The only color those Egyptians care about is money green and they pulling everyone into their B.S. Why sue? Ms Cleo don't represent you. I would understand if Greece sues Netflix.🤦🏾🥱

[@alfredstimoli2590]

The amount of racism you need to change the race of a historical character and then to laugh in the faces of the citizens that historical character belongs to and accuse them of racism, is truly galling.

[@2GooDProductions]

@@caveatlector2671 they dont even realise they are doing it, self awareness is their weakest trait.

[@uhnborhn5032]

They accuse you of doing the thing they are, in fact, doing. What it does is makes it incredibly difficult to argue because of how irrational they're being. They made skin color the issue, by forcing a change in rhe skin color of the original character into a "minority" color. Yet your the issue, for making their skin color issue an issue. Lol

[@williampotter2098]

Let's do a documentary on Martin Luther King and use a white actor and see what happens ....

[@GladDestronger]

Yeah, nothing could ever go wrong with that idea. Nope. Oh wait... Yeah it would. People will be throwing a shitfit.

[@jstring]

@@williampotter2098nah I’m thinking use a Hispanic or Asian actor. The I have a dream speech in those accents would be great.

[@keithgrant7950]

They should also consider suing the Actress for stating that Egypt is only doing this because they are RACIST

[@nvelsen1975]

Falsely claiming they act purely out of racism is pretty up there in terms of 'actual malice', malicious intent, which is the central burden of evidence in most defamation laws. 'Course, Egypt being defamed, their country would actually have jurisdiction, so they wouldn't even need to wage a case in the US with its weird laws.

[@magellankiller]

And just where is she truly wrong in what she had stated? If up to You People NOBODY CAN BE RACIST-that is as long as You white People aren't in the crosshairs.

[@ArielShayk]

Tht actress is ignorant

[@magellankiller]

@nvelsen1975 Hokey Smoke! Talk about dredging up anything and everything to pose the possibility of even a shadow of the very THOUGHT of NOT being the center of characterization(s) that is tantamount to it being considered as the very definition of libel and/or slander. Do you now see how YOU PEOPLE sound in your attempts at somehow leveling the playfield so that YOU People may retain the notion as the priority in Race relations in this matter? Unbelievable......

[@Gamer-dude247]

The level of self importance within this actress is outstanding, a new level of arrogance just emerged, what a disgusting human being she is.

[@kilicm]

-I remember my grandmother saying to me Cleopatra was black. -Oh really, how old was your grandmother, two thousand years?

[@binkao2938]

This lol

[@bresteto]

😂😂

[@bubzy3591]

These people are just making everyone resent black people……… I thought they wanted to get rid of racism………but the way they are going about it is only promoting racism…………these people are utterly and horrifically just inept and have no self awareness and sense of perspective, just me me me victimized mentality. Nobody respects crybabies, every race was enslaved at one point in history, but if you ask a black person they would try to discredit these facts………… sigh…..

[@darugdawg2453]

She has dementia

[@Flowerchild778]

😂

[@maxim7781]

She calls Netflix “entire streaming service” like it’s bigger than Egypt 😂😂😂

[@BoyBattery]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@thahirshibu5042]

It's smaller than the entire of the Vatican City

[@stargazer-elite]

TO BE FAIR while I’m not sure about Netflix specifically but a lot of American companies are big/more powerful then SOME countries like Disney is practically a mini country that exists in both the physical and digital worlds Elon musk the richest person on earth could straight up buy certain countries if one man can do that imagine what a whole mega corporation can do

[@valyshknee4203]

@@stargazer-elite egypt has lots of oil, egypt has the suez canal, egypt has a giant army, who is more powerful? egypt.

[@Snake-ms7sj]

Netflix is more like a steaming service. A steaming pile of dog 💩

[@blue-phoenix115]

Cast Tom Cruise as Martin Luther King. Then when people complain, label them a racist.

[@zerogrey3798]

I've been waiting for Mat Damon to be cast as Shaka for the next Shaka Zulu reboot. I can't wait!

[@TuckaBuck89]

Great comment, thanks!

[@magellankiller]

Yeah! Sure and ya' betcha! Let's see uh, Samuel L. Jackson cast as 'Honest' Abe Lincoln perhaps? Can't wait for THAT one myself! You people ARE some petty MF's I'd like for you to know! I wonder if any of you are over the age of 40 AT LEAST considering the level-or lack thereof-in the course of maturity.

[@hugopalencia6507]

You mean Elizabeth Taylor was from Egypt?

[@Rakkasan11b]

@@magellankiller the IRONY in your using of the word "PETTY"...hilarious! WTF you so butt hurt about anyway? haha

[@valmarsiglia]

An ancient Roman would look at this and probably ask "Uh, why does Cleopatra look Nubian, and why do the Romans look German?"

[@emib6599]

Thinking how many german origin soldiers generals and emperors they had, that's somewhat realistic.

[@valmarsiglia]

@@emib6599 In the late republic? Lol.

[@emib6599]

@@valmarsiglia I said "somewhat" movies with the Roman Empire were never with a realistic depiction. For example you always saw the colosseum, even of lot of them were set before it was built, but for a narrative and scene impact purpose it always worked. Romans stated trying to integrate different cultures right after they expanded outside Italy, because even holding their "first provincia" was difficult because of the various italic cultures. So if you are not doing an history documentary, showing the romans as multiethnic make sense.

[@valmarsiglia]

@@emib6599 Multiethnic? Yeah, one looked Swiss, another looked Dutch, another looked English... especially Caesar, who looked like an SS Obersturmbannführer. 😅

[@valmarsiglia]

@@emib6599 OMG, looking at the IMDB page, all the Romans are played by Englishmen and one Irishman. They went out of their way to hire the most pallid, blue-eyed Brits and Irishmen they could find to underscore the Romans' "whiteness." 😅

[@thepanda1044]

Netflix: We're making Cleopatra black. Egypt: *We know our own history*

[@jonatanpersson82]

And doing it for a documentary, not a functional story

[@Drixenol86]

Kudos to Egypt for actually doing this.

[@zimriel]

If they win I hope Greece sues next.

[@mnomadvfx]

No choice really. With the military coup in 2010 they received a gut punch to tourism, so they have to take control of the narrative.

[@scarlett19b]

@@zimriel *Let's not forget about Macedonia & Armenia!*

[@yong9613]

Should sue for 20billion USD instead

[@headsNshoulders]

​@@zimriellol why would they sue? Egypt is saying she was Greek You sound but hurt

[@SoCalDreaming87]

Pull the race card when logic and history is against you? Sounds about right.

[@JeffBird86]

We should include race card as part of the Karen card.

[@SoCalDreaming87]

@JeffreyBird-mt8tl In the Karen starter pack. I would add a high level clearance, fake government ID too.

[@Batzarn82]

You gotta love how everything is seen as racist when it goes one way but when it goes the other way nothing is racist and they can just blatantly lie and ignore history. Netflix never should have called this a documentary and maybe they would have gotten away with it.

[@Thomas-uz3zf]

Never underestimate a woman's ability to make things worse

[@MyTripToThePhilippines]

This actress is now the Rachel Zegler of Netflix.

[@Spectrum0122]

They really had someone's grandma say "trust me bro"

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

She must know better than Egypt and Macedonia. Cleopatra's family didn't even speak their language.

[@ricardohoang8452]

When someone’s grandma said “trust me bro”, you know things are messed up 😂

[@johnprice4847]

​@@cosminmilitaru9920Macedonia? The Slavic country or the Greek region?

[@antonischatz.2133]

@@johnprice4847 The latter.

[@garyvincent7397]

@@johnprice4847 yes and a the empire that a man now known as Great Al, conquered a lot of the world, including Egypt (who welcomed him wilingingly and who much preferred him to the previous Persian rule) which promptly went to Ptolemy son of his general Lagos, (uh from my vague memory) and a few generations later of ptolmic pharoahs you get wabam, lady cleo the woman in question

[@Mobri]

Isn't this a type of cultural appropriation? Claiming an entire culture and group as your own and then shamelessly flaunting it in a movie is pretty wild.

[@enkisdaughter4795]

That’s Murica for you. Take someone else’s culture and history and portray it as something completely different (think of the Mel Gibson’s film Braveheart, which was so historically inaccurate it was untrue and caused problems here in the UK). Why didn’t Netflix make a show about the Kushite Kings and Queens (ancient Egyptian 25th dynasty) instead of hijacking a Ptolomy Queen (Ptolomy was a General of Alexander the Great’s)? Flippin’ ‘eck, my classmates and I were taught about the Kushites over 50 years ago in school. When Alexander died, without an heir, his Generals carved up his empire between themselves: ¥ Ptolemy - Egypt ¥ Seleucus - Mesopotamia, and all of the East ¥ Antigonus - much of Asia Minor ¥ Lysimachus - Thrace, and ¥ Antipater - mainland Greece Kushite Kings who ruled Nubia and Ancient Egypt: ¥ Piye - 747-716 BCE ¥ Shabaqa (716-702 BCE) ¥ Shebitqu (702-690 BCE) ¥ Taharaqa (690-664 BCE), and ¥ Tanutamani (664 BCE) Amazing that I found this online in just a few minutes. This programme should have been listed as a “mocumentary” and definitely NOT a documentary. Are the researchers at Netflix so bad at their jobs that they can’t find any real information with all the resources they have at hand? Heads need to roll.

[@Cypherwraith001]

​@@enkisdaughter4795 I think it's an issue of "building on an established brand". Companies see it this way: Which will make more money? Telling the true story of an Egyptian Monarch from one of the Nubian dynasties that no one has heard of? Or taking a leader that has name recognition, and insisting that they're black to capture a portion of that audience? If they cared about presenting truth and elevating real black stories, they could. They just don't think that would be profitable.

[@DisDatK9]

Its the DEFINITION of Cultural Appropriation. And its the absolute worst kind of it. Imagine if we made a "Documentary" about Shaka (the Zulu chieftan, also known as "The Black Napoleon") and made the entire cast white with the director saying "I dont give a shit what schools say, Shaka was White!" People would lose their freaking minds. That there are those who don't see this as horribly racist and disgusting is incredible to me.

[@DFlaminberry]

Its okay when leftist do it lol

[@MacabreAfterparty]

​@enkisdaughter4795 the actress who played cleopatra and is screaming racism is actually quite British herself so I don't think it's an American issue alone

[@midnightfun1277]

Its a slap in the face for a whole country. They literally gaslighted a whole country and still had the audacity to act like they are the victim.

[@Ender7j]

Much like how the person behind this behaves

[@williampotter2098]

Two countries, Egypt and Greece.

[@cringe_lord5762]

A literally crocodile tear, disgusting

[@merykhan97]

Well, they tried to gaslight them. Both Egyptians and Greeks know their history very well.

[@mnomadvfx]

Technically they gaslit 2 considering she was Macedonian Greek.

[@davidraper5798]

You can paint Cleopatra blue for all anybody cares but don't call it a documentary unless you have some hard facts to back it up!

[@ShyOff]

True

[@ShakaHapa]

Yep that’s the thing. Netflix messed up with that one

[@mobbs6426]

The BBC would have eaten this up for Doctor Who

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

You now have me envisioning a cleopatra in the style of Zoidberg, maybe she could be half crab!

[@bmwg35]

Bingo

[@johnkinker2351]

they got sued and lost 2 billion to Egypt... for a 3% audience score . the only people that watched that disaster was their INTENDED AUDIENCE and their score was 3%🤣🤣🤣

[@eliasvonbrille]

They haven't lost the Lawsuit yet. And they probably won't lose 2 Billion. I am fully on your side but why is everyone lying? I was actually confused about if the Lawsuit is already over or not in the beginning.

[@feloniousbutterfly]

Who is the "intended audience" then?

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

what was the intended audience ? deconstructive hatewatchers and critics ?

[@vegasboy5931]

⁠​⁠@@feloniousbutterflyProbably a group of deranged liberal arts rejects looking to be empowered by blatant woke revisionism

[@Dantheman225500]

I love how Netflix literally grabbed a random old lady to say she was black as a way to convince the public. That is truly the most half assed propaganda I have ever seen.

[@lunabunnii]

The fact that the lead actress laughed at the ENTIRE country for being offended about their history being portrayed incorrectly and called them all racist is INSANE! I would bet she's the type of person who cries and screams when people get HER OWN culture and history wrong and that people should listen and portray it correctly because it's THEIR history but in the same breath say everyone else is racist about a them pushing a THEORY about a historical figure that can be proven wrong with artifacts from that time🙄

[@stevengrice1807]

She have to know something about her own culture first. Which she does not.

[@dalemcdenver7816]

She said racism is a *very* modern ideology. That says it all. These people don't know anything outside of what they where told by smarter, more manipulative people with an axe to grind that came before them.

[@Drixenol86]

Just because you play Cleopatra doesn’t mean you ARE Cleopatra.

[@sidd_not_vicious2609]

she is most likely a perpetual victim about everything from being a woman to her skin color and thinks all people who cant stand her are rascist..no we just dont like you

[@Angyali]

111. like from me to this comment. The lead actress clearly has no undertanding on culture - popular or historical.

[@RCEASTMIDLANDS]

She has some nerve accusing Egypt of racism when she literally appropriated Egypt's culture and history.

[@googull4778]

Solid point.

[@jojothepolyglot1866]

You know nothing about Egyptian culture....The People you see in Egypt at the moment are NOT the indigenous people of Egypt and are mostly descendants of either, Roman, Greek, Assyrian ,Persian or Ottoman invaders etc...Google the ''THE FORGOTTEN PYRAMIDS OF SUDAN''....They are NOT forgotten by the way, Someone just doesn't want to mention the fact that there are more Pyramids in Sudan because that would ERASE A LOT OF WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT AS HISTORY IN SCHOOLS! People living in Egypt at the moment are as Indigenous as Europeans in the Americas! I am a history graduate from Africa and the History we are taught and know if we tell it Hollywood and the West might not like it. Egyptians and mostly North Africans don't call themselves Africans for a reason and they NEVER try to tell us about these history because they know we know...

[@Virakotxa]

It's because racism "It's a very modern ideology" ...

[@SanityMustPrevail]

🤡🤡

[@omnipotentpumpkin9755]

America whitewashes Egyptian history since the beginning of the entertainment industry so when someone counters it I suspect Americans are actually the ones that are mad. It's most likely not Egypt doing this but Americans who don't like someone countering their propaganda. No doubt same people who financed this video.

[@chetsirene3835]

the whole world: was Cleaopatra Egyptian or Greek? Netflix: yes she was Black. we have no proof other than a grandma saying that. yes.

[@Dinosaur315]

Also North "Macedonia":Noo she was ours and a slav, even though we have no solid proof either and just make up our own conclusions and myths 🤣

[@antonischatz.2133]

@@Dinosaur315 When you have no national identity, you forge one.

[@gregpeterson3144]

Cleopatra (a Greek name) was of a Greek dynasty called Ptolemaic, which started with a general of Alexander's army (Ptolemy) who was installed as a king of Egypt.

[@gix2lee]

The entitlement, arrogance and ignorance is so staggering that it requires a whole country to get up and take legal action. The real Egyptians are taking a stand and protecting their history and culture. I’m glad they’re sticking up for historical facts and their heritage.

[@ScoobySnacksYum]

Yeah. It's like all those movies that portray ancient Israelites as white people with fair skin, light eyes, etc. Just absurd and blatantly racist. What decent person thinks Jesus, Mary, and Joseph looked like northern Europeans? It's so twisted that people have portraits of a pale-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed Jesus hanging on their walls. Entirely disrespectful. It's really beyond the pale (pun intended) to think that Cleopatra might have been mixed-race--father of Greek origin and mother with some amount of sub-Saharan ancestry. It's not like Nubians hadn't been traveling to Egypt for centuries and at one point conquered and ruled Egypt during the 25th Dynasty.

[@scarlett19b]

@@ScoobySnacksYum *Cleopatra was Macedonian Greek Descent.. not just Greek..*

[@moshe4787]

@@ScoobySnacksYum SMH LOL What's so sad, stupid, and hypocritical about these commenters is they are praising Cleopatra for the same thing Netflix has done. Cleopatra was a Greek, Macedonian that appropriated the Egyptian culture through invasion and those people in the land now calling themselves Egyptians are the genetic by-products of numerous invasions. Netflix could've easily chosen the grandmother of King Tut, Queen Tiye and looking at her image would've shut these "modern Egyptians" up.

[@zebnemma]

Every single person who took part in changing Cleopatra into a black woman: "I'm more important than history, who the fuck is Cleopatra? I am more important than a historical queen and to demonstrate that I'm going to erase the real Cleo from history". It's pure power tripping from people with delusions of grandeur. Including the actress herself. Any sane actor would not want to take a role that insults history itself. Maybe she only did it for the paycheck maybe then I could understand. I would respect her more if she just said "I just did it for the money, I don't actually agree that the real Cleo was black" but she is defending this shit so fuck her. She is not more important than Cleo, and she never will be.

[@stefanvukicevic834]

Modern Egyptians are Arabs ,so they have nothing to do with ancient Egyptians,true descendants of ancient Egyptians are Copts who are minority in todays Egypt

[@RealLuvKraft]

She is so arrogant. This is real life history. If you falsely portray history you will get backlash

[@bladerunner3314]

No matter what they tell you in school, Stalin was black.

[@Vergil66895]

​@@bladerunner3314good joke homie! But i think that a certain austrian painter was black!

[@madmantheepic7278]

Would be funnier if the silly austrian painter was jewish instead

[@georgebailey8179]

@@bladerunner3314 She sure was.

[@crazyralph6386]

She’s a nobody now, just like that terrible actress who played Reeeva in Obi Wan.

[@angelh1743]

I hope Egypt wins more than just $2 Billion. I'm so glad Netflix is getting what they rightfully deserve. And that so-called Cleopatra actress (whatever her name is) is in complete denial.

[@lordulberthellblaze6509]

Dude Egypt might be on the right on this one. But that country is also a corrupt military dictatorship. So if you think that money is going towards anything other than lining the pockets of greedy individuals, sad to say that its not the case.

[@martinromerostrack9138]

​@@lordulberthellblaze6509fuck it. Ah least Egypt is not trying to change the skin Colour of every historical character they come across. The arrogance and audacity of Netflix must be punished.

[@valproton3841]

Quite right too, there is no mystery of who she was. Cleopatra was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great, not African or even Egyptian.

[@iamsoldtojuandelacruz3137]

She misconstrued the lawsuit as a personal attack or racial discrimination while in fact it is a battle for historical truth.

[@DiegoFarre4]

r/iamthemaincharacter

[@DasFork]

Exactly. Additionally I find it ironic that the "documentary" that racially discriminate screeches racial discrimination when they get called out on their shit.

[@deansusec8745]

as well as misappropriation of a nation's culture and history.

[@paulbedichek5177]

When she insists the entire country of Egypt is racist, it is simply projection, American blacks are extremely racist.

[@MrBroken030]

Imagine being this self centered and ignorant, amaaaaazing!

[@vanessasanha528]

NEVER THOUGHT THAT A WHOLE COUNTRY WOULD SUE an American company like that… and they soooo deserve it!! It puts a big smile on my face 😄

[@feston4032]

First, they ruin snow white which ruins many peoples childhood including mine, now they ruin Egypt actual history and got sued by the whole nations lmao

[@amirmsebe]

😂😂😂 well... We do have black skinned people here in south india. Can we do acting??? As this actress talks about skin color... There are other dark skin color people in other countries too. Y don't this actress give up her role my region dark skin person??

[@jjhaya]

I hate the fact that this channel is clickbaiting and ragebaiting at the same time . The lawsuit is still ongoing and so the dude shouldn't use "loses" but "is about to lose" or something else. Although I agree that the documentary should be as accurate as possible including Cleopatra's race I doubt Egypt is gonna win this case, especially for 2 Billion dollars .

[@avioracrown6967]

Not make a dent of their finance They will always do this

[@vanessasanha528]

@@amirmsebe dude what are you talking about? Cleopatra was caucasian from Greece! She wasn’t fking black !!

[@simon6071]

Hollywood and the advertising industry's racist pandering to black people has gone from cringe worthy to insufferable.

[@amazingworld1255]

Julio cesar- african actor Hannibal- chinese actor Aquiles- swedish actor Alexander- indian actor Martin l king- irish actor

[@Dinosaur315]

Omg so racist except Julio Ceasar and Alexander the great 🤣🤣🤣

[@sahiltamuli1753]

Tf you mean expect Alexander and Julio​@@Dinosaur315

[@lorenzothehandaforlifeplan435]

The actress, clearly, has the intelligence range of a teaspoon.

[@_TravisTouchdown]

How dare you! The teaspoon clearly has more brain cells than she ever will.

[@OtakuV2]

Shoe size iq

[@cmc5394oparva]

If brains were fuel, she couldn't power a flea's motorcycle around a raindrop.

[@davidripley2916]

Never trust spoons 🥄. Always stirring it. . . 🤣

[@MyTripToThePhilippines]

I think you just insulted tea spoons.

[@S4NiYa3108]

Cleopatra was of Greek descent and wasn't the most beautiful woman in the world. She was, however, very educated, knew how to speak the language of the people she ruled over, and very charismatic and charming.

[@thejessegrant]

According to research and historical document that would be the smart conclusion to reach. However Netflix disagree ahaha

[@S4NiYa3108]

@@thejessegrant I miss when facts were important

[@Coramelimane]

If you think about it, her being so erudite, charming, intelligent and charismatic made her more beautiful then just her looks. Being able to hold an intellectual conversation in those days was the height of attractiveness.

[@LoKaioh]

@@Coramelimane Well said

[@menillos]

hot enough

[@QueenBabylonnia]

It’s the actual racists playing victim, and shouting racists to the people of a a whole nation. the more they protest and defend an historically flawed film, and still declare it history the more disgusting they become… it deserves to be boycotted.

[@goretti2127]

Well done Egypt as a Irish woman I’m so proud of you

[@officercat7907]

Up to mighty London came an Irish lad one day

[@roaroa5291]

I think the man who filed the lawsuit should file another lawsuit against the actress for defamation. Let her defend her claims that his lawsuit is rooted in racism in a court of law.

[@KJ-vp5fn]

Also include that grandma... smoking too much bad weed that she's tripping on history with her distorted illusion

[@sba8710]

@@KJ-vp5fnI dont think there is a claim against the grandma.

[@AtticusKarpenter]

Agree. Her answer is outrageuos and insane, what kind of media person can casually said something like "oh, entire country dont want me to falsify their history? They just threatened and racist!". She *must* bear legal responsibility for this, so as not to create a precedent when a celebrity can be as much an asshole and a boor as she wants and still go unpunished.

[@nicomeier8098]

100%!

[@chuckymeyerme]

100% forsure

[@devinjohnson1749]

It’s wild to me that the actor thinks she’s that important that she takes the lawsuit as a personal attack on herself and her skin tone. The amount of delusion and audacity and quite frankly the stupidity it takes to feel like that, is mind blowing to me. The narcissism in society is completely out of control.

[@teecakes]

This ACTRESS (so an expert at NOTHING let alone history) thinks it's more logical that think she's right, rather than take the word of The Entire Country of Egypt who say she's plain wrong about her historical fact-checking. Nope, she's right and they're racists, all however-many hundreds of millions of people living in Egypt-- (who are African, so yes a Black woman calling an entire African country racist in 2023 lol) You can't make up this kind of entitlement. Only in Hollywood!

[@Einwetok]

Sounds like she ascribes to that racist revisionist diatribe those nation of islam idiots spout, what a bunch of moore-ons.

[@rodneybray5827]

She's also blind to how racist it is to change Egyptian history. But then again, she's been told that only white people can be racist. So it is even more puzzling that she'd be accusing Egyptians of being racist. Apparently being black, especially in America, means everyone is racist!

[@kunglengphou8146]

She can't even act

[@Ludak021]

Her skin tone is mixed so she has nothing on that front going on for her. She is of no race, no historical heritage, just a fleeting memory in those who are still alive and care for her.

[@Tatenak]

It's just so hypocritical of the creators to be all about true ethnic representation in mainstream media; wanting the actors or actresses to be the same ethnicity as the character, yet didn't bother putting actual Egyptians in the film.

[@leegibson5469]

I love how they preach to us about not caring about skin color but go out of their way to change the skin color of established characters.

[@lockheedmartinf-22raptor73]

Not even established characters, SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY EXISTED. it's wild.

[@leegibson5469]

@@lockheedmartinf-22raptor73 you are correct that was my bad

[@christianschaefer9343]

And I remember actual Egyptologists saying; "We don't care what Shelley Haley tells you on Netflix. Cleopatra was ethnic Macedonian Greek."

[@peterkorek-mv6rs]

"and now off the record. greeks and macedonians were probably entire different tribes. there is also alot of stuff for 2 bn $ trials"

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Yeah she was some lusty big schnozzed big booty greek overlord

[@TheBohemianCat]

​@@peterkorek-mv6rssounds like slavic/Titoist propaganda

[@MTLGSE]

​@@peterkorek-mv6rslmao. You're a nitwit.

[@JacobRodgers1up]

Yakub. That's it.

[@fredricklloyd5300]

I sincerely hope the actress gets named in the lawsuit as well for her baseless comments about racism. You shouldnt get to claim racism without basis.

[@sjetsakai7772]

Wont happen since it's not about her. Netflix screwed up. She's just an actress. That would have to be a separate lawsuit.

[@MyTripToThePhilippines]

She is becoming the Rachel Zegler of Netflix.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@MyTripToThePhilippineswhat’s funny is she won’t actually be there. Because while she’s probably as insufferable, sadly Rachel somehow has a bigger career. Was this actress in anything else we even know?

[@gbonkers666]

So they should people for their opinion?

[@ithamarlowe6158]

Racism is so rare these days! 9 out of 10 times the person claiming racism is delusional

[@RandomMan7491]

I hope Egypt gets every penny of that money.

[@tidela4714]

So let me get this straight: they made a documentary radically (and against basic historical fact) claiming that Cleopatra was black because Egypt is an African country. _But,_ when Egypt itself calls out this claim, they’re racist towards black people? 😂

[@theblackbaron4119]

I don't remember in my lifetime that there was a "documentary " which was so bad, that they got sued by the country it's history it was about.

[@DireW0lf0]

Basically the take -away from this is don't make a "documentary" with sources such as old Uncle George or Dave down the pub!

[@magellankiller]

Most assuredly none of us have as long as the character in focus is not Black or even Brown. Personally I at MY age cannot recall but only a very FEW 'documentaries' of any other than white people and some so obscure as to my having to look them up prior to the documentary. Kind of like watching an episode of "Finding Your Roots" as I can recall that once the hip-hop stars had been covered and the ratings had been leveling off it became a requirement of mine at least to look up the people prior to the episode as it was "so who the HELL are THEY?" time and again each week.

[@markcab2055]

What is really funny now is anybody that says they dont like a movie or film made is a racist, everything is racist. My chicken the other day laid a white egg instead of brown, great now I have a racist chicken, what to do, how do I explain to my chicken she is now a racist.

[@MrEvansjethro]

The most frightening to a thief is when the owner reclaim what was stolen.

[@rdred8693]

@@MrEvansjethro And they stole one of the most iconic pieces of Egyptian, hell WORLD history! It's disgusting.

[@AlwaysAskQuestion]

"My Acting is Terrible, My Knowledge of History is Wrong, I'm Being sued for spreading Misinformation... they must hate me be because of the color of my skin..." I Love how it's always about Skin Color but never about The Actual Situation.

[@PaulKMF1]

These Afrocentrics are only concerned about skin color.

[@1977ajax]

What else has she got but a popular LIE.

[@johnconstable8512]

so TRUE haha

[@louisc.gasper7588]

And the sour cherry on top of the whole rotten mess is that it is only the color of her skin that got her the job.

[@rainmirron]

Yeah, except a lot of the times it is about skin color. This situation is an exception, not a rule.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

0:57 And to drive the point home, an entire country insulted and maligned is somehow all about HER. The ego in modern actors is fucking unbelievable, especially from so many who are basically no-names and have no real success behind them. At least Brando could act, yeah he was a piece of shit too, but he delivered the goods when he was told.

[@xanafein8453]

The funniest thing about Adele crying about this backlash is that she is ACTIVELY engaging in the great british past time of stealing from other cultures. Only this time instead of artifacts it's the cultural identity of a historical figure. Instead of putting it in a museum the docuseries will become a peice of lost media no one will ever care about.

[@bobuxsniffer6956]

as an asian I humbly accept my role for Nelson Mandela just basically what Egypt feel

[@frocat5163]

Let's remake _Roots_ and cast LeVar Burton as the plantation owner... Tom Holland can play Kunta Kinte.

[@peekaboo1575]

Pretty much this.

[@retLIFE]

Why not play MLK and give the “I have a dream” speech

[@garymallard4699]

My Grandma swore on a Bible that Mandela was a White Dutch Woman !! 😂

[@docbailey3265]

Well fine. I’m available for a documentary about Sun Tzu.

[@arconisthewolf4430]

You know it's mental when a whole country decides to sue netflix

[@thejessegrant]

I know right

[@waynehewett4017]

Why Netflix is lying and giving misleading information Cleopatra was black cos someone's grandmar said so How stupid is that Where's the proof and evidence to back up Netflixs claims Netflix stated this was a documentary I hope Netflix has to pay dearly in court

[@TheGeoDaddy]

If WOKE Countries - like the UK, US, Canada and Aussyland - wanna TRASH their own History with Cultural Marxist, Secular, Racist and Transexual Ideology… that’s their business but the concept that they can TRASH other People’s History, Culture and Heritage… is criminal disrespect for National Sovereignty and should be penalized.

[@riheg]

To be fair, they are obsessed with their culture and history and rightfully so. Tourism is also a huge part of their economy.

[@danlo7698]

Mental on the SIDE OF NETFLIX!! EGYPT IS RIGHT! GET THAT MONEY

[@AKnight95]

It's funny that Egyptians have been saying that she was Greek for close to 3000 years

[@kaml1369]

Apparently the actress who played Cleopatra is looking forward to Netflix’s series on Nelson Mandela’s life being portrayed by Joey Essex as the young Nelson, and Anothony Hopkins in later life.

[@createmations7892]

That actress doesn’t know the gender of Nelson Mandela🤦

[@vithepiltoverenforcer8778]

This needs to happen every time. Don't let them race swap historical figures in any documentaries!

[@skellyBones6910]

Can't wait to race swap Nelson Mandela 💀

[@theimp5901]

It started with their version of Anne Boleyn being black. I ended Netflix then.

[@physc0tr00per]

​@@theimp5901no it didn't. The Anne Boelyn drama was produced and broadcast by Channel 5 in the UK. 😂😂😂😂 The netflix docudrama Blood, Sex and Royalty had Amy James-Kelly (who is white) playing Anne Boyelyn.

[@wvanyar1801]

But but it is a documentary, Cleopatra lived in Egypt. So, we have one known fact, so that makes it a documentary, right? Since we have one right fact all our other ridiculous claims have to be true as well? How dare you say our facts are wrong, you must be raciest. Sarcastic mode off, or is it how these people really think?

[@NTJedi]

Another 50 years and schools will be claiming the founding fathers of the USA were from Africa.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

Raceswapping of famous historical people is one of the most racist thing you can do. For if it didn't matters why shange the race.

[@MyTripToThePhilippines]

Next, Jesus will be portrayed by a Chinese actor in an upcoming Documentary. And Hitler by an Eskimo. Why not?

[@Dinofrog17]

Imagine they make a documentary on Elvis Presley and cast him as a black man coz music is rock n roll.

[@austinjt4264]

@@Dinofrog17 I rather they have cast a White Girl to portray Beyonce!

[@mnomadvfx]

@@austinjt4264But can a white booty match that glorious derriere?! 😂🍑

[@samsampleman2439]

​@@MyTripToThePhilippinesNah, Hitler will be white for sure. Only the good white characters get race swapped...

[@1MrBlue3]

Why don't we make a Martin Luther King movie with him being White with blue eyes, and watch how the black community reacts.

[@CBBC435]

Thank God. The only thing these idiot corporations heel to is the disruption of their bottom line. Thank you Egypt!!

[@scarlett19b]

*I am Coptic Egyptian Descent and what Netflix did was totally Unacceptable!*

[@achingknuckles6915]

I'm a white American and what netflix did was totally unacceptable

[@sensufr219]

I’m a green turtle and what Netflix did was totally unacceptable

[@Anna-fw7lm]

Americans. With only one word you can explain the lack of knowledge, respect, context, those people have; the lack and misinterpretation of what culture is, the narrow view of the 'time' (I mean, my house is older than US itself) the need to always have someone or something to go back at (and if they don't have it, they fabricate it) The older I get, the more I'm convinced they should not touch things that aren't 'theirs' without supervision because they'll dumbify and ruin 'em. Obviously, greeks and italians are ferociously with egyptians in this! We show them how our wars, dominations, alliances, our ancestors cutting each other's throats or learn from one another, or love one another, through millennia all that tie us as sibilings!!

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

@@sensufr219 I’m totally unacceptable and what Netflix did was also totally unacceptable.

[@guillaumebartys4437]

I'm a little bitch and what netflix did was pretty good !!

[@Uoaefe]

Reminds me of Europeans who looted historical treasures from other cultures, and they still have them on display in museums, then say when the country of origin requests them back, "You can have it back when you learn to appreciate it more"

[@jacksonhodge4638]

Shaka Zulu was Chinese.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Shaka Zulu was Albanian 🇦🇱 💪🇦🇱

[@TaliaIGhul]

To that woman's grandmother who claims Cleopatra is black, I want to know what her grandmother would feel like if Jennifer Lawrence were to portray Rosa Parks in a Rosa Parks documentary.

[@stukz7094]

I remember my grandma told me, I don’t care what they tell you in school, Rosa Parks was white

[@PrinsPrygel]

@@stukz7094 And what was worse, she was a ginger.

[@thecreator9913]

​@@PrinsPrygeland a Karen

[@akonikimobautista9307]

@@PrinsPrygel This comment made me die laughing!

[@BozesanVlad]

Martin Luther King was a white guy, a swede blond guy that liberated blacks and whites alike, enslaved by blacks. Roots by kinta kunte is about a poor white blonde Russian family enslaved by big bad blacks, they fight for them freedom. Nelson Mandela was a polish blonde guy that ended South African aparthide. One day I'll see documentaries like that :D

[@shannonowens8476]

I hope Netflix loses this lawsuit and is forced to pay the entire $2 billion.

[@olaflange5254]

That would partially be my money. I don´t look forward to a Netflix without money, cause that surely will not improve the quality of entertainment I get

[@Shatterfury1871]

​@olaflange5254 Of course it will improve the quality! They will need to stop pandering to woke garbage and make movies based on reality.

[@therealunclevanya]

Go woke, go broke. Another service will replace them. No loss.

[@mj_out]

@@olaflange5254 Are you playing devils advocate right now?! This whole shitshoe wouldn't be IF they had used your money to make a good documentary.

[@Mawyman2316]

@@olaflange5254they haven’t produced anything good, basically ever. Sooooooo not much will change whether they have your money or not

[@WhiteAnims2]

Next Netflix documentary series: "ADOLF HITLER" Featuring - Will Smith as Adolf Hitler

[@user-te1fn8cj5r]

It's kind of hard to call a country racist when the historical figure in question doesn't even share the same race. Most of them aren't claiming she is of native Egyptian decent, most people agree that she is mainly of Greek ancestry.

[@Speculativedude]

Something else of note. Not only is Cleopatra shown to be black, but almost every Egyptian shown is portrayed as sub-Saharan African black. Now historically there would have been some black folks in Egypt, but not almost every person as shown on screen. So not only Cleopatra herself is shown in a non historically accurate light, but most of the other people are as well.

[@ianaherne77]

Yes, north Africa was settled be Greeks and people from Levant for many years. It most likely was super diverse.

[@missmae198208]

Correct, Egypt has more in common with Mediterranean Europe and the middle east than it ever did with sub-Saharan Africa. It's why Egypt and the sub-Saharan look so different then and now. It's two different places with very different influences.

[@NeptunesLagoon]

Nubians were not allowed into Egypt by well known decrees, and Bantu( west congoid sub saharans, the ones desperately trying to lie about everything, because... feelings...) didnt know Egypt existed.... SMH

[@logikgirl12]

Kemet

[@austinjt4264]

@@logikgirl12 That's Black Land... not Land of The Black. Stop being delusional. The word "Kemet" referring to soils that is black in color. Not the people.

[@sketos_d]

Its a disgrace that, unlike Egypt🇪🇬, the government of Greece🇬🇷 does absolutely nothing against that insulting sh*t

[@DireW0lf0]

You forget that although Mediterranean, Greeks are considered white so therefore have no say in anything!

[@TuckaBuck89]

I dunno. Maybe at that time it wasn't a big deal. They may have had much bigger problems, like the Romans!!! To use today's feelings about something that occurred 2000+ years ago is just as inappropriate as Netflix changing history.

[@koppsr]

@TuckaBuck89 I think he was talking about Cleopatra being of Greek descent. She came from the bloodline of one of Alexander the Great generals.

[@sketos_d]

@@TuckaBuck89 the greeks weren't indifferent to those topics.

[@mickeyconnor830]

​@@koppsrBig whoosh on their part 😂

[@dturpin2638]

Who even is that old lady talking about her Granny? She's Netflix's ace in the hole defense? They're in trouble.

[@YThatesfreespeech1]

"Trust me bro" -Grandma

[@willyvereb]

Egypt needs money badly so 2 billion dollars would actually be a godsend. Thank you Netflix!

[@iberiusthebrave6304]

That older lady saying that her grandmother believed cleopatra was black and not a product of greek incest is crazy af. Schools can say whatever they want but you gotta read the actual sources from antiquity to learn who she was, it’s not hard to find out.

[@TheGosgosh]

Who’s her grandma anyways? I didn’t see anything that her grandma is some expert in Egyptian history. So what does her very subjective opinion have to do in a „documentary“?

[@lisaa.4667]

I read a biography of Cleopatra not too long ago. She was not a notable beauty, but was well-educated, charming, seductive, and intelligent. She came from a Macedonian family, descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals, which had been very inbred for several generations. The family (Ptolemies) was notable for killing close relatives in order to gain the throne. Cleopatra herself was forced to marry her younger brother, whom she later went to war with, and he ended up slain in battle. She seduced and had children with the Roman generals Julius Caesar and Mark Antony in order to gain power and to survive her siblings' plots. She probably fell in love with Marc Antony and they married. They both committed suicide when they lost the war against the first Roman emperor, Augustus, whose sister was Mark Antony's former wife, Octavia. Octavia later raised Marc Antony's children by Cleopatra.

[@smorgasbroad1132]

That lady's grandma probably also told her to take Robitussin(™️) for a toothache. Being a black grandma doesn't give her any authority over anything, including history.

[@shadowbroker4619]

Until DNA testing became affordable many American Blacks believed they had Native American in them. Same issue, their parents and grandparents had told them so. I remember KZbin being flooded by videos of these people getting their Ancestry results to find out they were 0% Native American and more often than not, part White. Not everything you’re family says is true. In reality their ancestors didn’t want to admit that their skin was lighter because they had White in them. Or their features were different than most Africans for the same reason. Native Americans we’re an acceptable scape goat since they obviously weren’t plantation and slaves owners. Ancestors of Black slaves don’t have any family records though (none going back to their African roots and most not even any of their family in America before the civil war), so most of the time they really didn’t know their origins. This Cleopatra thing is different though. It is very well documented and proven historical fact that she was Greek. Nobody questions that Mark Antony was Roman! What baffles me most though, is why not really claim their own heritage? There were and are amazing sub Saharan African cultures. The Kushites built more pyramids than the Egyptians. They were a powerful nation that even took over Egypt for a short period of time. Their surviving artwork and statues show them looking Black. Darker skin, different facial features, etc… Why not do a real documentary on them? Be proud of your own cultures and stop trying to change PROVEN history.

[@fredjones554]

It struck me as truly insane

[@robsmoviecollection3715]

"100 percent fundamentally rooted in racism" . I wonder what the actress would say if they made a "documentary" about Rosa Parks and cast Meryl Streep. Would she object? I wonder what she would "fundamentally" root her opinion in?

[@mrprism5382]

Cast Ryan Gosling as Obama in an Obama documentary

[@azizabahati7037]

She’s not Black American so she may not care. However I would being that IM Black.

[@pelicanofpunishment6]

@@azizabahati7037 She may not be American but she'd DEFINITELY throw a hissy fit. Seems the type to me. And, of course, no such action should ever be taken. But she'd likely want death to the creators if they did it for a joke.

[@collegemaster5683]

Ooh, can't wait for Chris Hemsworth as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[@yong9613]

Guess what people? We can now use AI generated imagery! Even down to the colour of the skin!!!!

[@claudiodominguez.]

Egypt isn't a Disney movie it's a country !

[@Izzysai]

Bro, why wouldn't you ASK Egypt to help on this project. Wtf!

[@Jeromad]

I hope Egypt wins, this revisionist history has got to stop (looking at you as well diverse Anne Boleyn)!

[@spentlizard353]

The ironic thing about this statement is that the Anne Boleyn series is probably one of the most historically accurate depictions of that whole scenario, and at no point do they claim the race of the actress portraying her is meant to reflect the race of the actual Boleyn. It’s a historical drama series, and a drama is much different than a documentary. These are actors who are acting out a role. With Cleopatra however, they’ve gone explicitly out of their way to say “Cleopatra is definitively black and that is final,” in abject defiance of the actual truth. This is a purported documentary that claims to be the voice of the truth, yet is insistent on a blatant inaccuracy as the truth.

[@gbonkers666]

@@spentlizard353 And the actress who plays is simply Brava!

[@batbrick3949]

While I agree that the Cleopatra documentary was historically inaccurate crap, the lawsuit is problematic. If successful, it would set a legal precedent for future lawsuits against the entertainment industry, based only on historical inaccuracy. This is not the solution to the problem.

[@pigpuke]

@@spentlizard353 "...at no point do they claim the race of the actress portraying her is meant to reflect the race of the actual Boleyn." Okay, I'll call bullshit on that. The race of the actor is itself a statement when it comes to playing the an actual person from history, any claim otherwise is a bald face lie and gaslighting. There is no shortage of white English actresses who they could have cast and there is no reason not to have other than the show producers racism. Go ahead and lie to us that you'd be okay with casting John Travolta to play Nelson Mandela in a documentary about how he was imprisoned for being a black agitator during South Africa's apartheid.

[@TheRealSladeValentine]

@@spentlizard353 it isnt only Anne Boleyn they have done it too tho Joan D'Arc was race swapped. so was McBeth (Mac Bethaid mac Finláech) was race swapped. Jarl Haakon was race and gender swapped somehow thats fine to do but i bet my left arm that if a white actor would play Martin Luther King in a movie the world would be too small go sell your double standarts elsewere dude for real

[@uzaautumus]

“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”

[@scarlett19b]

*It's basically like what Julius Caesar tried to do to Egypt!*

[@uzaautumus]

@@scarlett19b Facts

[@dennisweidner288]

@uzaautumus I wish that was true.

[@scarlett19b]

@@dennisweidner288👉🏽 *Excuse me but what!?* 👈🏽

[@dennisweidner288]

@@scarlett19b I wish that evil could not create anything new, the question posed by uzaautumus to begin this thread.

[@fast457]

Next time they should make a documentary of Abraham Lincoln played by a black actor. "I don't care what they tell you in American history, Abraham Lincoln was black."

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

To fully embrace the cringe and theme they try to represend. Native American.

[@XaadeTheBlade]

Thing is, there are previous female leaders in Egypt that could have been black. But they chose Cleopatra who we know for a fact, was not, because she wasn't actually Egyptian, but Greek.

[@Ana_826]

the lawsuit is not against her skin being black, it is against the historical inaccuracy of a whole country, of a whole civilisation. Not every single thing is about race

[@nothintoreadhere6168]

Literally erased her entire identity

[@oldol12]

And not to mention, that this actress should accuse the ancient people of racism, because they dared to portray Cleopatra with european features 😂.

[@Ana_826]

@@oldol12 🤣🤣 100%

[@Ana_826]

@@nothintoreadhere6168 this is called black washing. don’t worry you can laugh at this joke, I am a black myself

[@halfdome4158]

​@@oldol12Cleopatra was Greek, European.

[@austinbridges518]

As a non-Egyptian man, I find this be a great win for Egypt.

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

Well it hasn't even happened, this guys title is clickbait. The lawsuit has barely even started yet, no one has won any money. There's no way Egypt will actually get $2B from this lawsuit, they're dreaming if they think that will happen.

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

But what about CleoBlactra? LMFAO

[@drpeppersnumber1fan]

@@ChrisM-bn5vrchris nobody asked

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

@@drpeppersnumber1fan I don't need someone to ask me something to state that the lawsuit hasn't happened. Nobody asked for your opinion either.

[@drpeppersnumber1fan]

@@ChrisM-bn5vr lmao i didnt say anything abt opinions. i never even said my opinion but ok. keep being weird chris

[@mizomid_simp]

If they want to make a documentary for black representation, why the hell won't they make a documentary of historical figures who are actually black?! There are lots of black historical figures they can make documentary out of instead of black washing a historical figure who isn't even black

[@charbird20]

I hope this sets a precedent for everyone else and countries around the world who are able to. This cultural appropriation and misinformation needs to stop.

[@68mustangrestoration34]

In George Orwell's book 1984 "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. History has stopped."

[@sianais]

The BBC just made a propaganda piece about black people (not some ancient tribe just crawling out wherever that aren't much of anything yet, actual black people in the modern sense) being native Europeans all along. Like how black people are the "real natives" in the US. People are insane. I've come across groups on here claiming to be the true Asians too. This black nationalist sht is getting ridiculous and more pathetic. It's embarrassing.

[@KingOfMumbles485...]

He was right.

[@WhoWantsToKnow81]

That book left me depressed and terrified, because the prophecies are becoming true.

[@redwavetheinkling4640]

George Orwell in the heaven watching everything happening in the world: "TOLD. YOU. SO"

[@animebrat76]

Wasn’t that dude a communist? And didn’t he write animal farm

[@Steroyd666]

This court case needs to be televised, I just want to see the defendants talk about their grandma as a point of reference. 🤣

[@MyTripToThePhilippines]

I think Amber Heard had better witnesses for her defense than this Netflix case will have.

[@coronelkittycannon]

Netflix presents: Egypt vs Netflix haha

[@bmacaulay18]

Solid strategy. Kind of like "Mama said" in The Waterboy. 🤣😂🤣

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

"But Meemaw said we wuz kangs!"

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

​@@sayLeotardbutsayitChinesemeemaw left out the fact that kangz owned slaves. Those kingdoms didn't just pop out of the ground by them raising their fist in the air and saying "Pride powers activate"

[@rwang1618]

When a company miscasts an actor/actress, creates a stupid story, or goes to production hell all by itself, we call it old-good stupidity. When a company creates a "documentary" and purposefully spreads lies about the subject it tries to cover, despite overwhelming evidence against it, it is just evil.

[@Wedge-Antilles]

Cleopatra was more Greek then Egyptian or black. the Tolmie's believe in married their brothers and sisters.

[@jk19781]

Cleopatra was a Ptolemaic Egyptian. She was a direct decendant of Ptolemy 1 Soter. The bodyguard of Alexander the Great, who we all know was Greek. The greeks and their ancestors ruled Egypt for 300 years. Im actually surprised they didn't make the romans black, too.

[@Netseer2000]

The BBC made the Trojans black in a production.

[@Netseer2000]

I just remembered I had once clicked a Netflix movie on the Trojan War and when Zeus was shown black I immediately stopped watching it.

[@jaybee9269]

Ptolemy was a general.

[@jk19781]

@jaybee9269 Yes, Ptolemy I Soter was one of Alexander the Great's seven bodyguards, known as somatophylakes . Ptolemy was a Macedonian general and one of Alexander's most trusted companions. He participated in Alexander's European campaigns of 336-335 and was a key player in the later campaigns in Afghanistan Ptolemy served with Alexander from his first campaigns, and was among the seven somatophylakes (bodyguards) of Alexander. He played a principal part in the later campaigns in Afghanistan and India. He participated in the Battle of Issus, commanding troops on the left wing under the authority of Parmenion. Jan 19, 2024 - Ptolemy I Soter Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, who ... bodyguard, took part in Alexander's European campaigns of 336-335, and in ... Sep 23, 2020 - We know not much about their affair, except for the fact that she bore him two sons, Lagus and Leontiscus, and a daughter Irene ("peace"). In December 330, after the Philotas affair, Ptolemy was appointed as somatophylax, one of the seven bodyguards who served as Alexander's deputies. What was Ptolemy I Soter's relationship with Alexander the ... Jan 4, 2024 - Ptolemy I Soter was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted companions and generals. He supported Alexander's conquests and played a ... Ptolemy was appointed as a bodyguard in December 330, after the Philotas affair. He was struck by a poisoned arrow, but Alexander saved his life by using native herbs to extract the poison. Ptolemy was a lifelong friend of Alexander and accompanied him on all his campaigns.

[@jk19781]

@@jaybee9269 Ptolemy served with Alexander from his first campaigns, and was among the seven somatophylakes (bodyguards) of Alexander. He played a principal part in the later campaigns in Afghanistan and India where he sometimes served as a general.

[@Rowdycons]

So... Ignoring all the evidence that an entire country and an entire people have, we're supposed to believe the old lady's grandmother? 😂

[@philippe2715]

We just need to ignore the faces on the sarcophaguses , statues, wallpaintings. Also ignore the facial reconstructions that happened using the skulls of mummies. Those people don't look like black people. Also most black people in the US have western african roots. But Egypt is not in West Africa. It would be like an Italian claiming Norways history.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Yes

[@egbertkuijpers1387]

Well yes, she said it on the interweb so it mùst be true😅

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

But what about CleoBlactra? LMFAO

[@Zensho9000]

Petition to cast Terry Crews as Rapunzel

[@KevinWarburton-tv2iy]

Egyptians were seen as Copper-Skinned not black & they certainly did not have African facial features. There were some Blacks in Egypt. but they were only ever a Minority.

[@toriesout8692]

A minority is still an existence.

[@waranontwiwaha9385]

Cleopatra has a worse audience score on Rotten Tomatoes than Birdemic: Shock and Terror. Let that sink in...

[@peekaboo1575]

Lol. Birdemic can at least be funny if you watch it with friends.

[@bigrikstube]

10 seconds it took her to call an entire country RACIST.

[@Theofiilus2978]

Everything slightly negative about those people (not all blacks but like that actress) is racist according to them.

[@DESIBOY-fe7nm]

I bet the Egypt couldn't care less about her remarks.

[@felixseagal4954]

Because it's the only argument she could present. It's like having a business card in your pocket that says YOU ARE A RACIST instead of actual information.

[@Dinosaur315]

Race-obsessed narcissists trying not to call others racist for no reason for 5 seconds (impossible challenge)

[@RealWorldGames]

Netflix couldnt find an Egyptian to play an Egyptian?

[@hermantheduckgb]

People need to just start claiming that Rosa Parks was actually a white lady.

[@HeyhoBrando]

The people that are saying Egypt are racist for saying this, Make a documentary of Martin Luther King Jr and have Robert Downy Jr play as him, if race means nothing it shouldn’t mean anything right? Like where are these same people that are always saying that actors should look like thier character or so. It’s crazy!

[@maxnum1sgameclub263]

Nah robert would be to handsome ^^ i need to see Danny Devitto in that role. It would be funny as hell!

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

Even in pure fiction nobody would get away with an Eskimo playing Rosa Parks, or a Māori Martin Luther King.

[@non7top]

​@@RonTodd-gb1eotook me a bit to realize that Eskimo is the name of a nation. In here eskimo is an ice cream brick on a wooden stick.

[@dianelitman5956]

Eskimo bars were the best, now you can’t get them. But I still give Eskimo kisses.

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

Huge difference between an actor blacking up to play a black character and a character blacking up especially if that character is portrayed as an idiot.@@acatte1

[@Blaquemajeek]

Anytime I hear someone say "that's racist" I get the hardest case of the eye rolls.

[@itsyaboiskyler2519]

Booombastic side eye

[@Xbalanque84]

How long before people start responding to such arrogance with lead rebuttals _en masse?_ Because I think we're past due.

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

#MeToo

[@voctur]

How is possible? Her grandma told her that Cleopatra was black 😭

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

Her grandmother doesn't know shit apparently

[@yo-taskitchen958]

What you forgot to say is accuracy to historical facts. What good is a documentary, even if the quality is good when the facts are false? It would then be called fiction and not a documented fact, as Netflix has tried to claim. I am glad they are being sued. Cleopatra looked more like me than the actress who the had playing her, as I am actually Greek.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

I like how that one lady’s likely uneducated grandmother is seen as being a historian well versed in ancient Egypt

[@thehoerscorral8565]

Literally celebrating being uneducated... This show is a monument to modern black American 'culture'

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

But what about CleoBlactra? LMFAO

[@HubiKoshi]

The most ironic thing about this is that the grandma, or really any other descendant of the African slaves, has no connection to Egypt. The slaves came from Sub-Saharan Africa, nowhere near Egypt.

[@Mr_Shitlord]

@@HubiKoshi Africa = black people yes they are that stupid. i guess im german now.

[@khorps4756]

@HubiKushi Even worse, Western Sub-Saharan Africa. But I think the problem is these people equivocate 'African' with black and are ignorant of the fact that numerous different races and ethnicities live in different parts of the continent. It's really a product of the ignorance of many Americans which has become a mythology even for some actually from Africa.

[@derkaiser420]

Besides the race thing they also tried to paint Cleopatra as a warrior queen which she definitely wasn't. She was extremely politically savvy and that made her more dangerous because she could maneuver around her opponents without facing them in combat. She was also brilliant in poisons so she knew pretty complex chemistry for the time as a woman which should be told.

[@iinred1954]

I heard that she had "relations" with many powerful men and used them. Not really politically savvy , imo.

[@joannbolander7583]

@@iinred1954I’d consider that politically savvy. She used her resources to get what she wanted, even if it was her own body

[@Thomas-uz3zf]

Trust netflix to leave all this out and call it a documentary

[@jamalisujang2712]

​@@iinred1954 what kind of fetish sex did she give them? 😂😂😂

[@scarlett19b]

@@iinred1954 *It's called; distracting the enemy/manipulating the opposite sex/the power of illusion!*

[@G_Lo2]

A country has always been able to sue a studio, just no country has had the need to in the past. It's no different than an individual sueing a state or country.

[@khaleesireyna731]

So, the thing is, is that Cleopatra VII was specifically the last Ptolomec Pharoah of Egypt. The Ptolomec dynasty came directly from Alexander the Great conquering Egypt. His general, Ptolomy took over as ruler/Pharoah, so Cleopatra was going to look a lot more middle eastern. That being said, there are dynasties that date back toward the Old Kingdom era that may have actually been much closer to being black/African (for example, Narmer). That being said, this all just feels cringey on Netflix's part.

[@Wayne-cj7fn]

I just love how if anyone has a problem with the 'Documentary", or the actors, then you must be 'Scared', 'Racist" or 'threatened' by whatever they have changed to fit their own idea.

[@Anna-fw7lm]

Yes we're absolutely scared of the dumbification of history!!!!

[@JL-go3]

Oh they must be talking about me... I'm a scared racist misogynistic bigoted evil money loving nazi gangster comrade.

[@scarlett19b]

*Being called "a Racist" for standing behind the truth & telling/sharing Historical Facts has become a badge of honor at this point!*

[@scarlett19b]

@@Anna-fw7lm *I wouldn't necessarily say "Scared" I'd say we're worried/cautious!*

[@Anna-fw7lm]

@@scarlett19b using her own words/reasoning and turn it back to her. It's a come back, rather than a serious statement :)

[@BackFromUranus]

The funny thing about all of this crap is them not realizing that saying "she was in Africa, so she was black" is racist as hell...

[@RicardoLopez-ub2hs]

is elon musk black?

[@magimariJY]

@@RicardoLopez-ub2hs:0

[@db7354]

That's not racist, just stupid.

[@user-zi2sx9ol5x]

Is the truth, she was black.

[@BackFromUranus]

@@user-zi2sx9ol5x can't tell if you're trolling or just ignorant...oh well...

[@YThatesfreespeech1]

Yknow Netflix could have just asked Egypt for info on cleopatra to make their so-called documentary. Instead, they went with someones random grandma for their propaganda piece 😂

[@blerst7066]

The ironic thing is that ancient Egypt did have black pharaohs, just not Cleopatra.

[@nickkowak9628]

If you hire Jada Pinkett Smith as a directory you deserve every L there is.

[@zimriel]

like taking her for a wife

[@Father_of_Death]

I think I'm going to go watch her death scene from "Scream 2" now.

[@radiantveggies9348]

​@@Father_of_Deaththank you for this

[@inferiorinferno8859]

@@zimriel Please don't mock Will for being in an abusive relationship with her, that's low

[@geoolympics]

@@inferiorinferno8859 Didn't she say they've been separated since 2016? Besides being LEGALLY married, is that REALLY a relationship?