Critics Hate Netflix's Black Cleopatra + Series is a Woke Disaster

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[@realpolitik01]

Honestly I believe that they did this on purpose. They knew that nobody would really care about this African Queens series & so they race swapped a famous historical figure in Cleopatra to garner attention. At the end of the day they got more eyeballs on a product which will likely translate to more revenue.

[@vuulgen4676]

Dang bro, I wish I had the same work ethic you do. Thanks for your hard work

[@brandonscott5544]

LEAVE HISTORY NETFLIX YOU RACIST

[@5226-p1e]

and to think this was all brought to us by the quote, WE WAZ KANGZ AND SHEIT!

[@Scorpion51123314512]

Glad Netflix is getting bombarded by everyone knowing the truth.

[@Armorion]

The fact that they kept the documentary label on it despite the Egyptian government saying that it was blatant disregard of Egyptian history really surprises me

[@EndymionTv]

They refused to back down now they’re paying for if

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

It was done and they spent money on it, But it would have been more respectfull remuving documentary from the title And maybe,maybe an apology

[@5226-p1e]

surely Netflix can't pull the racisim card if the Egyptian government says this. oh, but they will probably try anyway, just like they always do when they double down on their bullshit.

[@frostreaper1607]

Nah, that's how narcissism works, whatever happens it's NEVER ever their fault.

[@torilan2672]

They’re racist. They hate Egyptians and don’t listen to their voices.

[@sonofastudstudios4552]

To all of the critics who review bombed cleopatra, thank you and never be swayed by these idiots.

[@EndymionTv]

Common sense wins again

[@5226-p1e]

i wouldn't even know about this because i left Netflix a long time ago because they keep fucking up by putting shows up like this woke shit. i have had enough, i have gone back to just watching youtube with my adblocker on 100% of the time, i don't watch tv in general anymore because there is way too much of this woke shit. and i'm defiantly not going to fund that shit by paying any subscription fee.

[@ieuansmith518]

The actions will be remembered.

[@blockmasterscott]

Agreed 100%. I think people in general are getting tired of it.

[@sonofastudstudios4552]

Jesus 206 likes in like 2 hour? Danm everyone is sick of this bullshit.

[@ComposedSage75]

It’s funny how they keep calling this a “documentary” when it should be called fan fiction revisionism.

[@EndymionTv]

Facts

[@hemidas]

I've read fanfiction much more competent than this "documentary."

[@ybet1000]

Nah should be called black washing

[@johndodo2062]

​@@ybet1000 it's racism. That's all it is

[@LuCa-ht2jl]

Mockumentary

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

"Blackwashing isn't a thing" *looks at the blackwashed Anne Boleyn and Queen Charlotte* also looks at the ever increasing list of blackwashed redheads.

[@The_Truth-]

So you’re mad that the little mermaid isn’t white? But not mad that Jesus was white washed?

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

That’s the show where they made the Queen of England black? That’s probably the most bizarre change I’ve ever seen, because every single person who’s not from the U.K. are going to be thinking is this real? Was she actually black? Things like that should not be done, it would be like making a movie about the Zulu and having the head of the tribe played by a white actor, it’s just counter productive, you’re going to have people questioning things about the characters rather than focusing on the actual movie.

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

@@InfamyOrDeath-__- I don't know what show it was. I just heard it happened. I watch anime. I think someone should just do that at this point and if people complain just call them all racist.

[@krdiaz8026]

@@InfamyOrDeath-__- At least Bridgerton is fiction. While King George and Queen Charlotte did exist in real life, the romance shown in the series is completely fictional. George actually didn't love Charlotte. Their marriage was, like most royal marriages of those times, a pragmatic one.

[@kieaplease]

Queen Charlotte is biracial. She is definitely black and white.

[@khfan4life365]

Jada’s definition of history fits right up there with her definition of marriage.

[@Age_Of_Aquarius84]

Facts 💯

[@Kanoog]

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[@aftermath20]

Crazy how a video game with a fictional story based of historical events did much better job than this "documentary" series. This is just straight up embarrassing.

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

It warms people hearts who played assassins creed origins and because of Netflix cleopatra series. Ironically I would want to give this game a chance. Sure it’s set in Ptolemaic Egypt. Set in the late dynasty of course and Romes rise from republic to its empire status. But it’s still more accurate than Netflix’s version of it.

[@blueredlover1060]

Tbf, both Assassin's Creed and the Tomb Raider reboot series use history and mythology better than most other series while at least somewhat respecting the source materials.

[@noiselabproject9659]

Origins .....

[@EatWave]

Expeditions: Rome is more accurate than this 'documentary' even though it depicts Cleopatra as an adult in a year where she should still be a child.

[@jacksonmcnuggets7488]

This show is like when I was in high school and wrote a story about Britney Spears being Shakespeare’s great granddaughter

[@kareemhesham3788]

As an Egyptian, thank you so much for this video. What makes us "Egyptians" furious is that the creators of this show are promoting and spreading the dangerous and toxic Ideas of AFRO_CENTRISM. Those Afro-centrists view the African CONTINENT as one race/ one ethnicity and anyone and any race/ethnicity that doesn't look like the sub-Saharan Africans doesn't belong to the African continent. So, all the north African nations (that consists of different ethnicities) are not true Africans, and they don't belong to the continent of Africa. Those north African people are a punch of intruders, invaders and colonizers. The real intent of this series is to promote and spread the Afro-Centric ideas to people who don't know history. They want to erase the real history and rewrite a new alternative blackwashed history. For years, Egyptians are being accused of stealing the land of (Egypt). We are being called intruders, invaders and colonizers. Those Afro-Centrists are brainwashed by pseudo-historians like Cheikh Anta Diop who claims that the whole Egyptian civilization is a BLACK civilization and After centuries those black people who made that civilization somehow vanished from Egypt and are now located in the south of the Sahara. Not only they claim that Cleopatra was black and the whole Egyptian civilization was black, but they also claim that the ancient Greeks were black, and the Greek civilization is a black civilization. They claim that the Irish people were originally black. They claim that the Chinese civilization and the Meso-American civilization were created by black people. Those Afro-centrists want to blackwash and rewrite the whole worlds history fueled by hatred and conspiracy theories. Egyptians are furious because we see our history being stolen and rewritten in front of our own eyes. The sad reality is that the Afrocentric movement is claiming all the North African civilizations to be black. Not just Egypt. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morrocco are black civilizations. And the people who live in those counties now are thieves and intruders. And regarding to our race and skin color which the "AFRO_CENTRICS" are always obsessed with; Egyptians are not white and not sub-Saharan black. Even Egyptians with the darkest of tones don't share the same facial features with sub-Saharan Africans. There is a spectrum of skin tones in Egypt that ranges from Mediterranean light skin to champagne and olive skin tones to that reddish brown (that was depicted on the temples) to the dark brown. My father was brown (and can be considered as black in the American eyes) and my mother is light skinned like the Mediterranean people. I feel that we are getting dragged to the American political and the racial tensions there. There are a lot of amazing sub-Saharan civilizations. Why African Americans who are originally from sub-Saharan - west African countries claim that they build the pyramids, and they are the owner of my civilization and culture? Why they are not proud of the west African civilizations. Also, the 25th dynasty of ancient Egypt were black people from Nubia. We never denied that. There are indeed black pharaohs who ruled Egypt during that dynasty. They defeated the Egyptians and conquered Egypt and established their dynasty. Why don't they talk about this era? Why they want to claim the whole of the ancient Egyptian civilization? The Egyptian Civilization is not a sub-Saharan black civilization. The Egyptian Civilization is a North African civilization. Africa is not one race or one ethnicity. Nefertiti was NOT black. Hatshepsut was not black. Nefertari was not black. STOP blackwashing our history. Egyptians are very proud of each era of their history. We are proud of every period and every ruling dynasty who ruled Egypt. We were ruled by Nubians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Persians, Albanians and Turks. We are proud of all of those periods. Cleopatra was Greek. Every Egyptian knows that. And we are proud of her, and we consider her Egyptian as a nationality not as a race or ethnicity. We know that she was Greek from Macedonia. We respect Cleopatra enough to not strip her from her heritage and her ancestry. So, the problem is so much deeper than actress skin tone.

[@kareemhesham3788]

@higgsbonbon The current Egyptians are the TRUE descendants of the Ancient Egyptians. I am a NATIVE Egyptian and Egypt is a north African/Mediterranean country. So, we are North African Mediterranean people. I mean.... You ain't Egyptian or a historian, so it's not like you're an expert on the Egyptian people or the Egyptian history either.

[@syahareensharani6869]

Oh and I really love the story of Pharaoh, Prophet Musa (Pbuh) and Bani Israel mention in the Quran

[@kareemhesham3788]

@higgsbonbon My finder nail is more Egyptian than you or your people buddy lmoa You are a sub-Saharan African who leeches on other people's civilization. Don't be ashamed of your civilization man. lol

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

We've got a mind virus here in the United States right now. Leftists get imaginary social credit points for installing black people into every form of media. It's virtue signaling and a shield against criticism when the project fails, and they always fail.

[@aquaticalateralis]

I'm sorry, THEY CLAIM IRISH PEOPLE ARE BLACK? SOME OF THE MOST WHITE PEOPLE THAT COULD EVER EXIST???

[@TurtleChad1]

The best part about Netflix Cleopatra is when they lost hundreds of millions of dollars.

[@EndymionTv]

Of all the things to make a show for in your African queens series they pick this, they deserve it

[@ThePeterR66]

AGREED, Like Disney BILLIONS: 2 CASH FURNACES

[@hemidas]

*Good!*

[@luxinterna3370]

how exactly is netflix losing money with this? doesn't netflix finance itself through the subscriptions?

[@buntado6]

@@luxinterna3370 In that the more bad shows it makes, the more people think a subscription is not worth it.

[@salmayounes3320]

I wrote Egypt for Egyptians on facebook, and the amount of hate I received is gut wrenching, I got messages from people making fun of my profile photo, making fun of my features and skin color, saying its tooooo pale, and saying bad words to me, and that I am not Egyptian. They do not understand that Egypt has always been diverse, north Egyptians and south Egyptians do not look the same, yet we are all equally and 100% Egyptians, and we’ll stand against anyone who tries to take our identity from us. Africa is not a country its a continent for god’s sake, north Africa is near the mediterranean, and Egypt is transcontinental, part of it in Africa and another part in Asia. They are trying to take my identity from me, and Im supposed to be okay with that ? Im purly, 100% Egyptian. They claim that we are racist, yet they are the one making fun of me and my skin color. I’ve never in my life received that much hate, for proudly saying that I am Egyptian, and only for saying Egypt for Egyptians. These people seem to be obsessed with skin color, we’ve never faced this here in Egypt, I never knew that skin is color such a big deal. They can’t even speak my ancient Egyptian language, and they do not celebrate our ancient festivals as national holidays (sham l neseem), and they come here telling me Im not Egyptian enough. They need to resolve their inferiority complex elsewhere.

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

Hoteps are some of the dumbest, most hateful people you will ever encounter. I see them all the time on Native American videos claiming *they* are the real natives while hurling racism at anyone who isn't black.

[@dredgewalker]

You can't convince idiots with facts since they think they deserve everything cause they wuz slaves but also kangz and kweens at the same time. Problem is multiplied with black americans being least educated cause most have adopted a degenerate culture where criminals are idolized and hard work is frowned upon.

[@beachplease3594]

Black people are the most racist i know, they like to disrespect asians as well

[@peropero2307]

No, you are arab. There is no egypsans anymore. "Salma" sutch egypstan name

[@giovannigiorgio831]

As a black person, I will confirm that blackwashing is absolutely a thing, and I say that without a shred of self-loathing.

[@MsFrostitute]

you're a good person ❤

[@sahraxxx5927]

yes it is agree. To me my issue with this and the program is they are in this case the facts the are spouting is such crap so much crap. NO BODY SAID BLACKWASHING isn't a thing so you twitted it out and the gaslights people to cover your own embarrassment at your crap performance (The actress who played cleopatra).

[@catholic3dod790]

Exactly

[@nolyfe4814]

I’m a bit confused so can someone clarify we’re the Egyptians not dark skin?

[@giovannigiorgio831]

@@nolyfe4814 the Egyptians did have darker skin, but Cleopatra WASN’T Egyptian. She was Macedonian Greek, so she would have a lighter skin tone.

[@Junan1995]

I'm sure Will Smith is on the way to Egypt to slap every single person there.

[@CoolSs]

keep my wife's name out your mouth!

[@lordkozin2663]

bro Woke Smith is a joke, he is a cuckolded, sjw looser haha imagine crusading for a woman who cheats on you and abuses you hahaha PATHETHIC

[@Queenofthatank]

The entire pinkett-smith family is probably banned from Egypt

[@mohayaseen4445]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@imjustsaying5357]

As an African man, this is embarrassing. I dont understand why black people dont look towards African legends and myths instead of trying to appropriate European cultures for attention. Look to your own roots and make original stories from there! You have a whole continent of stories waiting to be told and put on screen.

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

Because Jada would have need to learn something, Something she isnt good at

[@bonerprime4010]

@@SubZero-hs9xc keep my wife’s name out yo damn mouth 🫱💥

[@saraha.1336]

European is my roots, the average black person has atleast 15 percent white in us for obvious reasons. Plus the American culture is mostly built from. European culture, so all Americans are connected to Europeans even if we don't have any white in use. Stop dragging us in to this, we don't care about race swatting, we don't care about Africa and most importantly WE AREN'T THE ONES MAKING THESE SHOWS

[@saraha.1336]

*swapping

[@icebearnicho8256]

Y'all don't even look towards African legends and myths, and why would black ppl look to African ones when half yall are vocal about not even seeing us as the same people. The amount of African ppl who have openly expressed black Americans being completely different (heck, I've seen many Africans on national tv straight up say we should worry about ourselves and talk about black ppl like garbage). I personally enjoy African stories, but when so many African ppl openly don't fuck with black ppl, not surprising to choose stories other than African ones.

[@bigwigcthulu6902]

It always gets me when actors come out and say "finally we can see ourselves represented" when they race swap. It's like, not everyone is a narcissist like you, we don't need to self insert into every movie/TV show.

[@lordkozin2663]

That and not everyone is blatant racist fascist haha seriously woke fucks dont deserve our time, just CANCEL the whole woke mob ostracize them from society. Give em a taste of their own medicine. Lol our company already started cutting off any person we know supports woke ideologies. Funny how it works, people are all woke and shit until they loose access to stuff haha their own strategy backfired as fuck. Its scummy move yes but I must admit it works...

[@SinaloaTacos]

😂😂❤

[@E_M_FEN]

And then these soulless single mothers teach their daughters to behave the same way, unleashing race obsessed DEMON SNOWFLAKES into open society.

[@afurinperil]

if you require someone to be the same skin color as you to be able to sympathize with them, you are a racist, pure and simple.

[@ambrosianapier7545]

Ikr? I don’t care about skin tone, it’s says nothing about who someone is as a person or their culture. Them being a relatable person matters much more. The character doesn’t even have to be human for people to relate to them.

[@kf160k160]

Meanwhile my grandma says, "I don't care what they tell you in Netflix, Cleopatra is Egyptian history not Jada's history."

[@eytharburhan8869]

😂👍

[@MrS-pe6sd]

Let’s make a “documentary” about Shaka Zulu, played by Ryan Reynolds and see if she is threatened by skin tone

[@rogermorris9696]

When you make Ancient Aliens look like a well researched and truthful documentary ..............what an insult to Ancient Aliens, at least that show can be enjoyable.

[@andrewshaughnessy5828]

Ouch!😂

[@EndymionTv]

Insane lol

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@EndymionTv like Ancient Aliens has interesting theories worth discussing, but at least it ain't boring. Just that those theories will never be proven.

[@airborneranger-ret]

lol

[@Jeff-ne1lh]

But...but I like Ancient Aliens 😞

[@02Tony]

Another thing to note is somehow Afrocentrism has a positive definition while Eurocentrism has a negative definition. How exactly are they not the same? Typical double standards.

[@EndymionTv]

Typical woke revisionism tactics my friend

[@blockmasterscott]

Because Europeans have white skin.

[@als3022]

Cause while they accuse everyone else of racism, they are the ones afflicted with it.

[@wunwong9251]

It's also American Afrocentrism as well, since actual Africans (non-US based) don't have this sort of hangup.

[@Nomad-97]

Because they’re racist, and a bunch of crybabies that have to make up their own history

[@khizeryusufzai2185]

I honestly to this day don’t understand the need to race swap REAL LIFE characters

[@EndymionTv]

Historical revisionism I cover this in my previous Cleopatra video from a week ago!

[@khizeryusufzai2185]

@@EndymionTv yeah I watched that, good video keep it up

[@elemomnialpha]

Narcissism and a general need these people feel to be the center of attention

[@pogolas]

I don’t understand the need to race swap characters in any genre. It shows miserable and whiny mentality.

[@LadyThunderbird63]

They did it with the remake of apollo 13 and cast fred haise as black , he's still alive what an insult,

[@Will_Parker]

"why do they have to separate Egypt from the rest of continent?" Gee almost as if it IS separated by a massive desert

[@jonathanmoh]

It always warms my heart to see people like us pushing back against the woke agenda.

[@DarthVader1273]

It warms my cold, dead heart to see how so many people aren’t buying Netflix and Jada’s garbage

[@aquaticalateralis]

Darth Vader is it true the dark side gives cookies?

[@gridley]

It's ironic (or not) that Woke politics has made society meaner, greedier, more unethical, more dishonest, more dark-hearted. Or the reason for the saying: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Or good as in "good."

[@David-hc4xh]

The maternal line of Cleopatra has not been proven at all with some suggesting her mother was Cleopatra V, making her 3/4 Greek and 1/4 African. There is a plethora of evidence; studies, iconography, accounts from Romans, Greeks and archaeological finds to support the fact that ancient Egyptians were black. DNA of Egyptians today have sub-saharan DNA.

[@delphi1960]

Yet you still have a Star Wars Darth Vader profile image when Disney turned Star Wars into a woke fest. I guess you still support Disney then?

[@amarissimus29]

@@delphi1960 Yet you're using the internet. The same internet that's a woke fest. Hoisted on your own petard.

[@IamjustBruh]

You know you’re screwed when even critics hate it! 😂😂

[@EndymionTv]

Amazing that it’s hated by even the critics

[@zoopdterdoobdter5743]

​@@EndymionTv ​​It's not amazing. They're allowed to voice their opinion (this time) largely because other brown people were offended and it offers them a chance to demonstrate how "nuanced" their enlightened take is. 🙄

[@ryuno2097]

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 Yeah, if the Egyptian government didn't fight back I'm sure the critics will rate it highly.

[@peterkottke2570]

Critics have had it rough lately. Velma, Rings of power .... Some have gone to the mat and gotten burned. They're getting a little skittish about damaging their reputations further.

[@karolinakuc4783]

​@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 But criticics can always be bribed.

[@The_Sub_Alt]

the worst thing is that i had to prove my mom that cleopatra isnt black, they dubbed it a documentery so my mom did not question it. thx for the awsome vid

[@EndymionTv]

That’s insane glad you did

[@paranoidpanzerpenguin5262]

woman moment

[@jadenplayzrobloxminecraft9766]

You’re mom is as brainwashed by media as mine I can relate

[@jadenplayzrobloxminecraft9766]

@@paranoidpanzerpenguin5262 😂

[@davidfrancisco3502]

​@@jadenplayzrobloxminecraft9766 Now see why people says they don't deserve to vote and invading the workplace competing with stronger more competent men.

[@Sketchcook81]

The smartest thing Netflix could do is cancel the series. They've already shown that not only will they lie, but they'll blame the audience for not believing their lies and refuse to take responsibility for their failures. No one should be hiring these people again. They aren't good at their jobs.

[@PackZTerrible]

I didn't knew Jada was involved in this but now it makes perfect sense. Everything she touches breaks😂

[@jimpatterson1111]

Jada is the most loathsome Hollow-wood figure. I am thrilled that this is a dumpster fire.

[@Sheppardsg1]

just like her

[@ryanmalady376]

And that's some pretty stiff competition lol

[@warlock6a29]

She is nothing without Will Smith and 2Pac.

[@LexingtonDeville984]

A hypocrite and a racist who gets triggered by pretty white blonde women. Hope her career nosedives after this.

[@janekanders5730]

After the first 20 minutes you forget all the discussion about skin colour because the show is so incredibly bad. Mediocre acting, cheap sets and the clothes just look too artificial. My favourite part was when they were talking about Cleopatra sneaking into Julius Ceasar's room for a private conversation and one of the experts said that this story could be fictional because the source for this story lived 150 years after the alleged event. The same "expert" told us that Cleopatra was black because her grandmother (who lived 1800 years after Cleopatra) told her so.

[@Hunterofbones]

You are telling me that the expert is a overglorified "source: trust me"? it makes an insulting amount of sence

[@wsp2000]

Please don't hate watch...

[@septimiusseverus343]

I was wise enough to only view the trailer. Cleo's court and Alexandria itself doesn't even look like a Hellenistic Greek metropolis, more like something from the New Kingdom lmao.

[@dantebanducci235]

“They just want to separate Egypt from the rest of the continent.” But there WAS something separating them from the rest of the continent… THE SAHARA FUCKING DESERT! 😂

[@NeoN-PeoN]

If she wanted Cleopatra to be "a debate", as she says, then why was this called a documentary?

[@bugcatcherjacky1334]

Plus a debate kind of requires two sides, and they're not allowing any kind of debating over this topic without immediately calling it racism.

[@tylerskiss]

They always claim they want to start “a conversation” but then do nothing but attack any person that speaks out against this crap.

[@datrickster8674]

They don’t want a conversation, they want a controversy and an agenda.

[@MandatoryMyocarditis7]

The message that this movie sent to blacks is if you don't have something, you can just steal it. This is just reinforcing how they drove Walmart's out of their neighborhood.

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

Cleopatra is almost as bad as Velma; gee, what could these two have in common I wonder?

[@EndymionTv]

Velma was like the Raditz to Cleopatra’s Frieza. Can’t wait to see what the Cell-level sike threat is

[@khizeryusufzai2185]

Don’t insult this garbage show by comparing it to Velma!

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

@@EndymionTv oh that's easy; the live-action one piece show 😹

[@karolinakuc4783]

​@@EndymionTv Velma was never called documentary and never attempted to depict history unlike Netflix Cleopatra

[@Raven-fn8vj]

"rubbing her bald head" that shouldn't have made me laugh as much as it did 😂

[@YarugumaSou]

Just read a 4 star review of some Kang in Murica, basically "I'm some waitress in some American hellhole city so Cleopatra should be black as vengeance because I hate my life, but not good enough to better it"

[@Facade953]

Please, tell me you're joking. Tell me that you just made this up!😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@NeoN-PeoN]

So when Netflix swapped in a black woman to play Ann Boleyn, that was cool. And when Netflix swapped in a black woman to play the white MALE Jarl Haakon, that was cool. But a black woman swapped in to play a brown woman? Now the critics can't take it. It's 100% racism against Europeans and European history.

[@markgachoka5295]

She was white🤦‍♂️

[@darth3911]

You do realize Cleopatra was ethnically Greek right? Also Arabian, Egyptian, and other mediterranean peoples all have similar skin colors. I wouldn’t really call Greeks, Egyptians, or Arabs “a brown people” rather they are white. Thing is colonialist Europe did not want to admit that as they viewed Arabs as less civilized then other more European cultures.

[@Facade953]

Cleopatra was white. She was 100% Greek, her father was a Macedonian general of Alexander The Great and the 200 year old Ptolemian dynasty was into incest, Egyptian coins and statues depict her with caucasian facial features and Roman historians describe her breasts as white.

[@talilarry]

The scene where black Cleo twerked on the top of the pyramid of Giza as a statement against the Roman patriarchy gave me chills, so stunning and so brave.

[@digitalartist371]

yaaaaaaasssssss qween!

[@Facade953]

She Hulk was supposed to join her but she's still trying to recover from her own woke fiasco of a show!😂

[@datrickster8674]

Ok, I’m asking because A. It would not surprise me and B. That’s funny, but did she actually do that?

[@Tronjheimr]

@@Facade953 Do not even mention She Hulk with this autrocity.

[@dannynaylor5485]

No way,, is that actually a scene?

[@fbi3526]

Truly the Netflix moment of all time

[@EndymionTv]

Just wait til One Piece comes out

[@limitbreak2966]

FBI, OPEN UP !!! please fbi, you need to open up it’s been 13 years, your wife is dead but she wouldn’t want this. Open up FBI! lolol

[@crazedvegetable]

​@ENDYMIONtv I'm scared of that. No western studio should adapt anime ever again after DB evolution.

[@Facade953]

​@@EndymionTv Don't tell me that...Oh, no!😳

[@eyliesbass81]

They also try to make believe people that cleopatra was a feminist reformist and pro-science. Instead she was focus on tradition, she built a lot of greek and egyptian temple and She was more occupied about political conspiracies than science. I also don't understand the energy that afro-american used to appropriate egyptian history, all genetics studies have showed that actual egyptian are the genetic descendant of the ancient and they keep call them "arab invader/colonizer" it's ultra racist

[@reptiloidmitglied2930]

I asume there is such a focus on Egyptian history because it is the most popular history from the African continent. Even if people have nothing to do with history in general, they probably have heard stories about mummies, pyramids, "god-like" kings (with fancy hats) and the country is promintly featured in the bible. That may barely scratch the surface but I wouldn't be surprised if this movements knowledge about the rest of the continents history boils down to tribes and clay huts and then the big kings who live in fancy triangles seem to be way more appealing 🙄

[@asaffin1]

It's really depressing that we get drivel like this while incredible shows written and performed by talented people get cancelled.

[@Nermeen.]

We as Egyptians thank you all for your support ❤

[@MarvinHartmann452]

My favorite part was when Cleopatra fought the patriarchy with her rainbow coloured lightsaber and charged Luke while screaming "for George Floyd, the Holy patron of fentanyl!!!" I felt the empowerment from my seat and I crapped a little in my pantaloons.

[@nigelw7626]

You sir, are both stunning and brave.

[@MsFrostitute]

Oh my goodness me too 😢 Don't forget wheelchair-bound bernie flying out of the clouds to assist

[@nelsonschneider5443]

This just in: The Sahara Desert is RACIST, because it separates Egypt (and numerous other Mediterranean countries) from the rest of the continent.

[@TanookyTeneka]

People will rather die than actually MAKE a character that fit what they want to do instead of butchering old ones And now, not even REAL PEOPLE are safe from this

[@markwinner274]

They already made "Boys in the Hood" years ago

[@alexfriedman918]

0:36 I think Cuties came in at 3%, Santa Inc. at 4%, and Velma at 6%, but I am too lazy to double-check. So, Jada is #1. EMPOWERMENT!

[@An_Attempt]

I had thought that Velma was the bottom of the barrel. This one got down to 1% on the audience score, that is quite the feat.

[@clayongunzelle9555]

Trying to turn her into Xena robs her of her true greatness, being able to make a name for herself and stamping her name in the history books by using her intellect and wits, during a time when most people saw the sword as seeing as superior to intelligence

[@asrafkhalid1231]

gotta show that their version of Cleopatra is a boss bitch while the real Cleopatra is a master diplomat and a True Queen.

[@clayongunzelle9555]

@@asrafkhalid1231 what is ironic about that is it takes away from her greatness, because in reality she didn't have physical strength to help get her way like her male counter parts she could only rely on her mind which is way more interesting than swinging a sword

[@msmaria5039]

Xena actually posed as Cleopatra in the show. It's okay for several reasons. 1: Xena and the real Cleopatra looked nothing alike. Cleopatra looked Egyptian. And two Xena is a Fantasy action show where gods and magic are real. And the fact they had Lucy Lawless naked and in chains in one scene didn't hurt either.

[@YarugumaSou]

And at a young age too. And not only did they blackwash her, they brought in a middle aged wahman because current year.

[@Facade953]

Apparently the female Black Panther wasn't enough for some people.🙄

[@ionutcristian9650]

Guess Jada's gonna need some more entanglements to get over this disappointment

[@lordkozin2663]

I thought she was supposed to star in G.I.J.Hulk 2 or? ba-dum-ts

[@clausion]

What disappointment? In her mind it is a masterpiece and just a few thousands people are unhappy, but they deserve it because they are racist. She made few millions bucks and I imagine her sipping a cocktail on a luxury beach while she is reading our comments and being amused.

[@Tenebris_Sint]

I liked the part where she’s fighting with a Kukri, a weapon that wouldn’t be invented for another 1400 years in Nepal, >1000 miles beyond the eastern most conquests of Alexander the Great.

[@Screwby_Jones6200]

Jada really does her best to get herself in Entanglements.

[@Chapdadddy]

This show bombing is a VICTORY for true historical representations everywhere. It’s shows that we want academic accuracy instead of Hollywood propaganda

[@Ghostmite]

Cleopatra is one of the most interesting women in history, and this is how they do her justice. And Adele has the gall to basically call the Egyptian people idiots when it comes down to their own country's history. Yes, racism is a lot different now than it was back then, but back then it wasn't based on skin color, it was based more on the fact if you were civilized or not. The ancient romans considered anyone that wasn't them to essentially be barbarians, and that wasn't based on skin color, it was due to their culture absorbing land that fit their needs and civilizing them in their minds.

[@als3022]

Not a surprise, Hollywood is that arrogant as are their identify politics actors.

[@tarusbriggs7415]

The primary reason was a spiritual one!💯

[@Riceball01]

It was really more tha Ancient Greeks who considered anyone that wasn't Greek to be barbarians. The Romans were a bit more open minded and only considered some people to be barbarians. As time went on, the Romans would grant citizenship to more and more people of the provinces and eventually many Emperors came from the provinces instead of Rome itself.

[@someotherguts1364]

​@@tarusbriggs7415 Hahahahahahahahaha... no. Just no. People enslave each other due to a time where being strong is a must and if you're weak, you either do what the strong say or else. Spirituality is one of the many reasons of slavery but never the primary. Your atheistic delusions made me cringe.

[@koreancowboy42]

​@@Riceball01 yes the romans alloed citizenship, through service of joining the Roman legion, but also if they'd like in the gladiator arena.

[@mariosathens1]

Cleopatra and her family can't be black figures because they were Greeks. The Ptolemies originated in the Greek Kingdom of Macedonia (Alexander the Great). She was just the last member of a Greek Dynasty that ruled Egypt, as other Greek Dynasties ruled Asian Kingdoms for a period (Bactria, Seleucid Empire etc). {Greek/Hellenistic period of Central Asia and North Africa}.

[@faiqnajwansaifulaman9102]

What i don't get is why do they want to insist it as a "documentary"? I'm sure there would be less traction if they just say it was based on the life of Cleopatra!!

[@EndymionTv]

Because it’s historical revisionism, say a lie enough times & eventually it’ll become truth

[@koreancowboy42]

It was ruined the moment it's a documentary. When they should've done "Alternative fanfiction of Cleopatra"

[@forrestredd2706]

The question remains: How many times does this have to happen before they stop shilling it out?

[@alouiciouswrex7141]

Maybe they can re-imagine that the show got 10/10 reviews.

[@Sema-Tawy]

If Jada Pinkett Smith wants to do the best for her daughter, she should give her up for adoption

[@ahmedbbadran4311]

As an Egyptian, I must thank you guys for everyone who defended history. black wash. It is present and dangerous, and we will see it a lot in the coming days

[@chinchilla415]

As a Swede, I'm fully on Egypt's side here. It's just Kalergi-politics, similar to how (((certain))) owners are shoehorning bl4ck Africans into medieval UK history for instance. We will see more of this. This isn't about selling bl4ck Cleopatra only. This is part of a bigger trend, and it's not just about selling movies.

[@asura700]

Back in my day, when a video is called documentary, it is usually a video with lots of interviews from historians, scientists, archeologists, etc. Sometimes it features actor portrayal of a historical event/s or person/s. Oftentimes, the video shows some artworks or relics that relates to that historical figure, place, or event. I know that sometimes studios don't have the proper actors for the role, but they always try to keep it as close as possible to the historical piece, but this "documentary" about Cleopatra is far from the what she actually is depicted as. They should have known better.

[@chrisgabele75]

Thank God these ratings revived my faith in humanity

[@SombreroBeanieHat]

It’s what happens when you have Jada Pinket Smith as the producer.

[@kentlindal5422]

She deserves so much praise. After all she's the first black female actor.

[@najlasalem2993]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@josephfisher9427]

here is a joke: why do some historians think that Cleopatra was a redhead? because Netflix replaced her with a black woman

[@honestcat224]

Imagine sunking millions down the drain 'cuz one of granny's you met was told by her dellusional grandmaa that "no matter what they say; Cleo maa babe was black" 🤡

[@TheSilverGate]

What a world we live in, Cleopatra is black, Bad Bunny is a singer and scientific and historical facts are distorted because we can't handle the truth.

[@GreenDinoRanger]

This gives me hope that this age of insanity might have an end

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Doubt it. Only that the spectrum would change from one wing to another

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

The West will collapse before then.

[@adrian_veidt]

*Netflix releases another woke flop The people: How many times do we have to teach you a lesson, old man?!

[@sofiaisacreepypastafan]

Harold

[@skytheannur6168]

Jada will just take out her failure on her sad sad husband

[@captainalex157]

Bro ngl i would watch the hell out of Genghis Khan played by Danny Devito

[@ImperialMJG]

Jada will blame it on the poor guy that seems to get all her wrath.. Her poor husband Will.

[@Supremely_Based_Takes]

Kevin Hart claiming Black people built the pyramids is likes miners taking credit for Michelangelos David because they mined the marble

[@CoolSs]

At least one grandma gave it a positive review 😂

[@michaelleeper2938]

I’m sick of it, can we just get good shows again without having a message shoved in our face every time we try to escape messages being shoved in our face

[@jonathanfornwalt4919]

What does it say to young people that look like Adele James that you couldn't be bothered to do the work to portray someone that actually looked like them.

[@RedDragon-yp3tg]

Hate to break it to the black community, but if you can’t find any ancient black historic figures, because your ancestors didn’t keep historic records, that’s not other cultures problem. You don’t get to appropriate and change other cultures history to enrich yours.

[@Murderbreath]

The sad thing is that Marlon Wayans said Jada has been delusional about being Cleopatra in a past life since she was young.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

I knew Netflix is in decline since around December 2015 when Pretty Cure got the 4Kids plague by Saban Brands, who also plagued Digimon. Nobody is fooled since Pretty Cure has been introduced from different ways. The Canadian and Italian versions of Futari ha and Fresh, and Konata Izumi mentioning a theme song in the Lucky Star anime, even in the English version. Thankfully, Toei Animation got the rights back as Saban Brands died. The recent seasons are premium on Crunchyroll, and Tubi only has Futari ha.

[@EndymionTv]

Reading this reminds me I still have like 2 seasons of attack on Titan to catch up on fml

[@10gannendorf80]

Hm and i thought that the series would be a great authentic documentary. How could imagine it would be a another netflix disaster😜

[@EndymionTv]

😬🤷🏻‍♂️

[@godKiller.369]

Sounds like the woke equivalent of a rapture movie 🤣

[@EndymionTv]

It’s insane

[@Yulia_Eromon]

Wow, this beaten Velma...

[@archangelum]

You could call it a Mockumentary, but then that's an insult to beloved mockumentary films like "This Is Spinal Tap". How about Cleopathetic?

[@meddik2519]

She’s not a character to reimagine, she was a real person and they shit on her identity in pursuit of identity virtue signaling

[@BigDaddyJinx]

The most Netflix thing Netflix ever did. Even surpassing "Cuties".

[@cargopilotguy305]

Black American conservative here. i didn’t ask for any of this. I just want to live normally and care for my family. The communists don’t speak for every single one of us.

[@Owlr4ider]

That last part of the video is the most important. It's all about Netflix' ESG score which was created by Larry Fink of Black Rock group, who along with their peers are both shareholders in many companies including the likes of Disney and Netflix as well as credit providers. When your ability to receive credit depends on your ESG score and on top of that you have some of your biggest shareholders also pushing it, it's simply impossible not to go along with it. Now, don't get me wrong, even though ESG is a terrible thing, there are many different ways to tackle it. Netflix, like Disney and most other entertainment companies, simply choose the easiest way out, which is to discriminate against straight white people(especially men but also women) in hiring practices and promotions(who cares that it's illegal, and good luck proving it against their legion of lawyers) which brings all these talentless hacks to the forefront(actors and producers alike). And since they're talentless they won't make new original content god forbid but instead hijack existing content(black washing) be it fictional(comic books and stuff) or now even historical(a new low). Look, Black Panther, as much as I disliked the original movie, was a step in the right direction as that was ESG farming but with a clear direction and reason. That was original content starring a black actor and the entire story was in a black setting(a tribal African nation). It's very unfortunate that Hollywood doesn't make more similar projects, be it original content or historical dramas of famous black people in history. I mean there's no shortage of those, especially in the histories of the various African nations and empires over the years but not limited to that at all. It's really not that hard to do, I mean they've done that aplenty for white people and white history. But than again that requires actual talent and I also suspect that all the white Hollywood big shots(producers, directors, etc) actively refuse to create such projects because all those Hollywood elites are incredibly racist themselves(both the whites and blacks mind you). So instead you get token talentless black people to fill the production roles and just produce content. So we get all the black washing garbage and awfully preachy Hollywood content that we're getting.

[@danielmapulanga9894]

This can't be that surprising. It's 2023, has everyone forgotten similar train wrecks. It's different in magnitude but not nature. I mean Jada Pinket Smith's name is skulking in the credits.

[@insane_troll]

They could have fixed all this so easily just by saying it was fiction based on fact, like with Queen Charlotte. The problem is when they promote it as a documentary, then lead with something everyone knows is wrong, you can't believe anything they say in their supposed documentary.

[@Kanoog]

Hmm possibly, add in loosely based on a true story can help too.

[@SamDiesel2650]

these hollywood people are legit living in a bubble of their own.

[@stinesfloy]

So instead of lifting a story out of the dark, make it known and told. Teach something new and get back a part of history that has been next to forgotten. They picked Cleopatra and made her black. Id give them this though. I have not seen this type of selfsabotage before. So thats new.😂

[@Hunterofbones]

Netflix trying not to shot themselves in the foot (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@MikeTXBC]

I am eagerly awaiting documentaries on Hitler and Stalin, both played by black LGBTQ+ women.

[@mnbr6884]

This is what happens when affirmative action goes too far.

[@mythicalskeleton1546]

They get what they deserve for how they tried to pass this as a "true story" the funny thing is they will have to make cleopatra commiting die

[@Enderson5040]

I imagine if Netflix does a documentary about the Aztec or Mayans there will be a black queen and they'll claim that the Aztec Pyramids or the city of Machu Picchu was built by black people 😂 great video and greetings from Venezuela

[@sa-jh8is]

Believe it or not there is actually a black nationalist theory that states precisely that

[@Zaxstronemi]

I love history, when I watch an historical movie, documentary, or read a book on a certain historical subject, I expect it all to be true and accurate. When you manipulate history to your image because you don’t like it in order to profit off of it and brainwash/lie to future generations like mine, it makes me angry to see because they may view a documentary like this as fact when it isn’t. Things like that can create division and are potentially dangerous. Like something out of the dystopian future of 1984 with thought control, and replacing historical figures or completely changing the narrative.

[@azzburgersaf1973]

People (especially black people) would be losing their mind if they made a documentary about Shaka Zulu and the Zulu Empire, but the actor playing Shaka Zulu will be a white Australian dude and not a black African man. That's why the Egyptians are upset.

[@EndymionTv]

Agreed

[@paranoidpanzerpenguin5262]

Blacks don't even know who those figures are lmao

[@e13kid]

Well yeah that was recent history. Not really comparable. We only know Cleopatra’s father was Greek. We don’t know who her mother was or what color she was.

[@estrangedsavant5112]

​@@paranoidpanzerpenguin5262 We obviously do

[@Oozaru85]

​@@e13kid Sure, but her being half egyptian or greek is much more plausible, than her being black african. Yet thats what Netflix claims: that she was black, no matter what anyone says and no matter the counter proof. Media outlets were freaking out about Ancient Apocalypse and how it disregards the theories of the majority of historians and archeologists about the rise of ancient cultures, claiming a highly advanced civilization gifted them their knowledge about how to build compex buildings, huge temples or pyramids. Hell, the media even called it "dangerous". Yet here we are, with Netflix bending the beliefs of most historians and archeologists again, despite there being more evidence against Cleo being black than proof to backup this claim, and suddenly its absolutely okay and you are racist if you complain about it. Clown world.

[@pauljenkins685]

nothing to do with that . Its the fact that Cleopatra was NOT black! she was a Greek Macedonian, fair skin person. There are coins,statues and also paintings of her in Egypt !!!!!!!!

[@ariamaddison257]

The audience score gives me the warm and fuzzies.

[@demispectra9783]

10:26 I genuinely hate the statement of "Oh, kids will be so happy this character is this skin color". Its like they are trying to defend their action with kids. "Look, Look, its good for kids, why would you criticize us?"

[@Jeff-ne1lh]

So this year I have cancelled Netflix, Disney+ Peacock, and Hulu. I refuse to give money to people that hate me.

[@KamikazeCommie501]

They made piracy the moral high ground lol

[@Tallorian]

Are you still using Amazon, though? ^^

[@BlindWillieJackson]

A) Cleopatra was white of Macedonian descent, as were all of the Ptolemy rulers, who lived in Egypt. B) These Netflix docudramas are garbage. C) If you want to learn about Cleopatra you should read Pulitzer Prize winner author/historian Stacy Schiff's acclaimed biography.

[@georghelpenstein-michels6586]

That is what happens when equality of outcome is king ... sorry i meant queen ... sorry i meant ruling person