Journalist Blames Audience For Netflix's Black Cleopatra Disaster

[@EndymionTv]

Thank you for watching, here’s a little bonus video that’s shorter than my usual content. They’re trying to gaslight the audience into thinking it’s our fault & that we’re not “ready” for something like this. Anyway unless anything else happens I’m going to finally go enjoy some quality gaming, have a great day! Instagram: endymionn Twitter: EndymionYT

[@hybridvenom9]

Why have twitter everything that you say will be canceled?

[@Seventh7Art]

Using footage from the video game Assassin's Creed Origins is way cool!

[@Welcome4558]

To attack the audience is not only a bad idea in the first but sometimes people are so blind and stupid that they never learn If I was a history teacher I would send these woke lunatics to school and teach them the real history and truth then lies

[@truthseeksme9994]

There is a connection, the very same connection many go out there way to destroy or cover. Question.. who did the Greeks get everything from? Which people? What did they look like?... I'll wait.

[@alexispryde5415]

with all due respect You Are part of the problem if you allow race swaps of ANY kind in ANY media . -No choice of race swaps was has been nor will ever be isolated . reality in itself proves this to be true no matter how unrelated the character is . 1st it was books then comics then shows then movies now history = the act is the same and like a person walks by taking 1 step after another this progressed. this action should never be allowed for a few reasons = it is insulting to all races involved it is a form of conditioning and control of opertunity and ouwardly prizes a culture or races signifigence above another. at its core as well as its feat it is a purly racist act in all reguards no matter the setting or subject.

[@lowdistortion]

All these people do is cry racism when a raceswap doesn't end well. It's beyond tired

[@knox7945]

They're the real racist.

[@SchwarzieKun]

specifically when it's from white to black, if a raceswap from black to white happens, it's racist it even happened

[@misanthropicattackhelicopt4148]

Like a little baby thats spit out its dummy.

[@mayloo2137]

Hollyweird has been using that old excuse for almost any failure.

[@RAIN_2001]

the best exuce for bad product is make i good one

[@roranmc9514]

next netflix series is about hitler as a jew

[@samueljamesonfern3245]

What the hell?! 😅😂

[@theluminousone5883]

Don't forget Hirohito as a Chinese man and Mussolini as an American.

[@TerryB01]

A BLACK Jew!

[@richardbrown7258]

​@@TerryB01kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKurh2Z5l9Wdmc0

[@SadanAhmed-hw4ig]

In brackets:” this drama is a work of fiction and does not represent any historical events but strives to tell only a good story”

[@MildlySlopedRoofsKill]

When are they going to realize that attacking your audience drives them away, rather than pulling them in?

[@EndymionTv]

Never unfortunately it’s all in the name of esg

[@MildlySlopedRoofsKill]

@@EndymionTv True, unfortunately. That’s why I’m collecting physical copies of all entermainment from the past that I value.

[@jennyvlogs7160]

They wont. They are entitled narcissists who think they can rewrite history.

[@19ate4]

Their “ audience” isn’t Europeans!!! They’re making “documentaries” for the next generation of Americans Like a cancer, they will destroy this WASP nation from within

[@johnord684]

Just look at Rings of Power

[@TerryB01]

Just calling all criticism racism doesn't make it so. This is why they can't improve (and never will). They refuse to accept fault.

[@EndymionTv]

Can’t wait for African Queens: Joan of Arc next

[@auraaetherbladesigma6939]

@@EndymionTv god have mercy for that production, for if that happens, the lord won’t take it kindly. Just saying. 😅

[@nikitahatamov4312]

Yeah,you right,its just kind of excuse for failure

[@imperioustheone3530]

They're the truest expression of arrogance one can find

[@christallaktorides6904]

I was thinking the same thing- that Joan Of Arc will be the next person to be swapped.

[@WwZa7]

I wish we could go back to when "racist" meant one considers certain race to be superior or inferior, and not that the actor was inacurately picked. If anything, the way it was advertised was actually racist.

[@EndymionTv]

Agreed

[@19ate4]

There is no such thing as a racist If you believe in white supremacy, then why do you believe whites are superior? Racist is a derogatory term for europeans. Said to Europeans by non Europeans

[@nobalkain624]

These Crazies have watered so many Terms that once held Power. They were only used before to call out the Worst of the Worst, not just people who disagree with you.

[@PapaBearIsHere]

@@19ate4 there are such things as a racist, its called look at history, but its not an excuse to go completely opposite in direction. Racism exists, its ignorant to think it doesn't.

[@David-hc4xh]

I’m not African American, but this highlights the problem with American identity, you can only be White, Brown or black. These classifications were rooted in colonialism, to distinguish between the Europeans, Asians and Africans. They did not bother to distinguish between countries or tribes but selected based on skin colour. Modern genetics has shown us you can have white skin and have African ethnicity and vice versa. This, to me makes these classifications meaningless today. This is very apparent when looking at Egypt with its mix of complexions. In fact, the US, classifies Egyptians are as white regardless of skin colour. In the UK, there is no such classification, so Egyptians can be either black or white (or mixed) or Arab. So the problem highlights the inherent colourism in our societies and not necessarily racism on the filmmakers part. The uproar also exposes the stigma attached to being ‘black’. Why is there such a rush to minimise any contribution of ‘black people’ to history, at every turn. There seems to be a genuine fear that doing such will upset the hierarchy. We are all meant to be equal, aren’t we?

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Anyone remember when culturally appropriation was wrong? Thing sure change fast in a cultural revolution

[@EndymionTv]

It’s only wrong in a certain direction apparently 🙄

[@WiseOwl_1408]

@@EndymionTv I left that part hanging. Can't be too spicy.

[@walrider7374]

Bro, "cultural appropriation" is a dumb thing you gringos made up, a woke-generation thing, only Americans feel offended over these meaningless things. No Mexican is going to feel offended (unless is a little b1tch) if sees a Blonde wearing a Sombrero and maracas (unless is noticeably trying to be racist on purpose). The problem with this documentary is that is an attack on reality just to AGAIN please the black agenda. Fictional, real, and historical characters should stay loyal to their socially and historically accepted version. Obviously, historical matter has a higher tier than fictional, but it all matters. As a Latino, thinking in a live-action of Coco where Miguel is Asian won't piss me off due to "cultural appropriation", it would piss me off because they are replacing a perfectly established well-known character just to please an Agenda.

[@HansDampf-bt8jy]

That's the classic case of "it's okay when we do it".

[@19ate4]

It’s a slow erosion of all European customs, language, and people Their hated for us is absolute

[@nickjohnson1997]

I'm honestly pleasantly surprised how united the internet is over this show.

[@Chrysobubulle]

Many black Africentrists are praising it

[@dawnsmith3940]

Funny thing is why isnt this on the news other way round there be riots going on

[@christallaktorides6904]

Everyone has had enough of all the lies and have United- thankfully

[@chheinrich8486]

Even professional critics all seem to be against it

[@resurrectionevil6581]

I think a lot of it is due to it being labeled as a documentary. So the historians will of course be up in arms about that, thankfully. Because this is ridiculous

[@Micolashcage1]

The woke film pipeline: -remake IP for no reason other than trying to capitalize on nostalgia -race swap characters for the sake of diversity -add current day left-leaning sociopolitical themes and/or narrative for absolutely 0 reason -flop -blame racism -repeat

[@nikoc8968]

i think its even more disturbing than that...theyre trying to create a "black" version of everything...like a parallel universe meant to exist only for blacks to "see themselves" and tell a false version of history to empower them...its racism like the world has never seen before.

[@Nermeen.]

100% right

[@v8matey]

You also forgot to mention everyone throughout all of history also somehow have an American accent.

[@matafuko]

They're not remaking them out of nostalgia and raceswapping for diversity - they are remaking them TO raceswap.

[@ChrisCurtis-gf3dh]

seriously , ww3 is gettin warmed up and yu wanna talk about manhood and womanhood and skin tans from the sun. seriously grow the f up people.all ya all, fcn embarressing the rest of humanity

[@nessd.b1223]

They are the ones who are racist towards Egyptians for not even hiring an Egyptian actress and they didn't even bring in Egyptian historians into their stupid show. Just random people talking about how they feel over historical facts......... And it's supposed to be a documentary about Cleopatra??? Wtf....imagine an American woke film production making a documentary about an Egyptian icon without egyptians being involved.... That's so blatantly disrespectful and I can't stand Jada/Netflix's disgusting behavior....

[@mayloo2137]

You can add director Tina Gharavi to that list. She was the one who said she was trying to make a political statement by casting a black actress as Cleopatra.

[@corycianangel6321]

Only one historian is Egyptian, but yeah, it isn’t enough.

[@TheAnitdote]

What does woke mean?

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

Cleopatra wasn't even Egyptian. So hiring a Greek white person would have been more accurate then a black person.

[@TheAnitdote]

@@-redacted_by_youtube I think the argument is that it shouldn’t embolden you regardless because it’s not the same “whiteness” as described today.

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

I find it funny that wokists go-to response is calling everyone else racists. It's basically a cliché by this point.

[@EndymionTv]

Agreed

[@mayloo2137]

If everything is racist, then nothing is racist.

[@stonedecatur6602]

Define wokeness

[@TheAnitdote]

@@EndymionTv can you define woke though?

[@Samizouza]

They're idiots

[@Stuck_In_The_Ice_Box]

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." -Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda

[@MrSpartan993]

Yup, Nazi tactic.

[@tcdrx]

Not even a long time ago people didn't blame white people for everything that is wrong in the world. It changed in maybe 6 years or so, to the point that people don't even seem to notice that it is not a normal thing to do. It is now normal to blame everything on the whites, all of the time.

[@Stuck_In_The_Ice_Box]

Oh cool, 2 comments that KZbin prevents me from seeing for my own good!

[@madscientist2621]

​@@Stuck_In_The_Ice_Box so that's what's been going on? KZbin sees certain words and then blocks comments?

[@frekitheravenous516]

Starting to see being called "Racist" as a badge of honor and proof of sanity. lol.

[@stilesstratton9566]

That is so true and extraordinarily sad. Also, very ironic when the journalist said "racists aren't very smart"

[@jojomohamed6977]

Agree

[@Nermeen.]

Agree too

[@patrickjennings431]

The real racists is netflix not the audience

[@EndymionTv]

Facts

[@DrumEagle]

also Jada Pinkett Smith and Tina Gharavi

[@auraaetherbladesigma6939]

@@EndymionTv same goes with Jada Hickit smith and Tada dorkface.

[@TherefslovesMichaelJordan]

Cleopatra isn't black but the original ancient Egyptian were called Kemit the land of the black people

[@mayloo2137]

​@@TherefslovesMichaelJordan once again: The black part of the sentence refers to the color of the rich soil in the Nile River Valley, not the skin color of the people.

[@Mrsheref]

As an Egyptian, I am not responsible for the psychological problems that African Americans suffer from. 60% of Egypt's area is on the continent of Asia, the Sinai Peninsula, Port Fouad and Port Said, and the rest of Egypt lies on the Mediterranean coast. We, Albia, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, the African countries bordering the Mediterranean basin are not black. And Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt and cherished her, and she was a Greek Macedonian

[@nyctom08]

Please know that the American people firmly stand with the people of Egypt on this one. Will Smith's baldheaded husband, her uneducated cohorts that concocted this mockumentary and media allies do not represent nor have the support of the American people, they don't even have the support of the majority of African Americans. They are a loud obnoxious minority group of extremists whose history book is Twitter. Its shameful of Netflix to play along with this charade and besmirch your history, I pray you win in court. Netflix deserves to be banned in Egypt and Greece for this identity politics fueled crap they greenlit for woke Twitter virtue points.

[@paulanderson5389]

American here, it’s hard for the African American to understand the geography of the mediterranean Sea especially since most of them don’t graduate from high school. Most Americans people don’t know about either. The Sahara desert is a barrier between north and middle to southern Africa. Nevermind trying to explain about Mesopotamia and Sumerian culture. It’s really a sad thing here in the states.

[@nessus47]

Very well said, I applaud you 👏👏👏

[@AluxuryVic]

Egypt is literally in Africa , on the African continental plate , with a river that travels south from within the center of Africa to the North and some people believe the Ancient Egyptians aren’t black because somehow whiter skin people survived in the desert without air conditioning, came across the Mediterranean Sea and decided to build monuments that don’t look like them ??

[@Mrsheref]

@@AluxuryVic

[@crissantos44]

So... paying attention in history class in school and actually reading history books makes me an armchair historian? Yeah. Been called worst. Don't care.

[@Kejmur]

Also, the biggest Egyptian (and non-Egyptian) historical/archeological authorities also commented on this, people who are FAR MORE qualified and knowledgeable about the subject than those hacks on Netflix. So no, it's not only commentary of the 'armchair historians', but true experts on the subjects, that ALL agree that Cleopatra wasn't black.

[@CommanderRedEXE]

Then we have the 2017 DNA analysis of mummies spanning a 1500 year period, which showed Sub-Saharan DNA was basically non-existent until well after roman occupation of Egypt. Granted the mummies were all from Middle Egypt yet still were closest related to the Near East and North Africans genetically. South Egypt was likely the more diverse and Nubian mingled part of Egypt, going by those findings.

[@StevenD-hj9dp]

Journalists and Netflix are one of the definitions of not learning from mistakes

[@EndymionTv]

Agreed

[@19ate4]

There is no mistake in what they’re doing. They’re paving the way for future generations.

[@CommanderRedEXE]

​@@19ate4 To be utterly misinformed maybe.

[@Nugnugnug]

​@@CommanderRedEXE "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." - George Orwell, 1984

[@loadedmusic3192]

Journalism is dead

[@loofy530]

This is basically just the journo going "no u" so really nothing to note.

[@EndymionTv]

😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@starkilr101]

This makes me want to do a movie review of the 1963 cleopatra on my main channel. May not be historically accurate, but it’s better than what Netflix has done

[@EndymionTv]

Do it

[@socratesrocks1513]

Please do! I'd want to watch it, for sure! I need an antidote to this dross and while the 63 film isn't accurate it (a) doesn't claim to be anything but a movie for entertainment purposes -- NOT a documentary -- and (b) Mankiewitz actually made some effort to get at least some things right.

[@Blackfire_2022]

Can we get our own characters, our own culture, represented, our own stories. I am so sick of people backwashing because they think our characters are not good enough.

[@johnstovall7503]

There is so much good stuff to be mined there and it never sees the light of day

[@BILLYRAYBOB9789]

Why no Clarence Thomas movie??

[@19ate4]

“Can we get our own characters, our own culture, represented, our own stories“ “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.“. G.O 1984 this is a systematic destruction of all European culture language and peoples

[@CommanderRedEXE]

They even butchered their series on Njinga, by actively erasing her involvement in the slave trade and basically anything else that might put her in a negative light, even if warranted.

[@tunebeat3809]

Not only that, but have enjoyable storytelling and fun characters.

[@blockmasterscott]

It's gotten to where being called a racist means that you are not one, and the ones that accuse others of being racists are in fact, the actual racists.

[@CrystalWings12]

The world has turned upside down, huh? Where the REAL racists blames others for being racist because they don't agree with them. Even the 'phobic' word also has lost its meaning. Those deranged 'allies' would use the community as their shield to continue their toxicity towards those who doesn't siding with them.

[@kashad]

actually whitewashing is a racist attitude from white supremacy gang band. Is not only with brown people, asian, alien, everything. ;)

[@d.cirovic1695]

​@@David-hc4xh lol

[@socratesrocks1513]

@@David-hc4xh Native Egyptians STILL aren't black and never were, despite the Afrocentrists trying to make out the Egyptians are recent colonizers and the place was African. Like most of N. Africa, the people there who made the societies are largely from the Eastern Med, i.e. The Levant. It was under THESE people that Egypt become a major civilisation. There was a brief period (25th Dynasty, I think) when Nubian invaders were pharaohs for a bit, but the rest were the Eastern Med bunch until the Ptolemies, who were Macedonian Greek and inbred as fiercely as the native Egyptians. Thus, in no way could Cleopatra have had the western African look the actress sports, even if her father slept around. Recent DNA checks have shown that the Native Egyptians didn't mix much with others between 1300 and something BC to 400 AD, plus we have coins, sculptures and pictures that show she had an aquiline nose, Eurtopean features and, to be honest, she wasn't much of a looker. What she WAS was a highly intelligent, informed politician, trying to hold onto her country as Rome grew dominant. The show makes her a warrior princess (nope) from west Africa (nope) who can beat up the blokes (nope). It's inaccurate in so many ways it's a farce. It's also insulting to two nations who have as much right to covet their history as anyone else. They could have made a film about the 25th dynasty and that would have been great -- I don't know near enough about them and I'd like to, but no, they decide to steal someone else's history and claim it as their own -- colonisation on a level Hollywood last did 50 years ago and were, quite rightly, lambasted for (John Wayne as Genghis Khan!).

[@TrackMediaOnly]

I'd say we were at that point years ago and it has just become more evident that is what they've been doing all along. And it isn't just race. If they are blaming someone for pretty much anything, it is a good bet they did it. Its the child's mentality of "If I blame you first, then you can't blame me".

[@baianinja8863]

They can cry and insult the audience all they want. What matters in the end is if the series made profit or not.

[@EndymionTv]

Very doubtful of that 😂

[@psychopompous3207]

Look at Disney...doesn't seem that way, if you are rich enough.

[@mayloo2137]

Many companies are more interested in their ESG scores than profit eg. Bud Light, Ulta, Maybelline, Nike etc.

[@asrafkhalid1231]

hope that lawsuit pull through and netflix and the series producers are slapped with heavy fine for cultural theft and history revision

[@aaironparker2837]

If they lose that lawsuit thats going to hurt. And have great lawyers. If they win Cleopatra can continue the same color 99% of films and documentaries she been already in lmao

[@Dredgno]

This right here is the Jada touch. Everything she touches gets ruined, but somehow is still able to go through life like nothing is wrong. We’ve seen it with the Smiths now with this.

[@MasterBlast1337]

When they explained that Jada Pinkett Smith was behind it. I suddenly wasnt even surprised that this happend. I exactly knew why this happend in the first place.

[@MichaelCravith]

They told us they were giving us a historical documentary and then gave us something I would struggle to even call a fanfic. They deserve every bit of criticism they're getting.

[@MasterBlast1337]

I dont know what would be worse. if it was a fanfic literally would be a 0/10 bc it doesnt even make sense

[@majidtaha7268]

As an Egyptian,I am so furious of those blk racists who think they can do anything wrong without being attacked because of this race card and victim mentality

[@chinchilla415]

Trust me, Swede here, we notice the same things. At best this is U.S. identity politics. At worst, it's Kalergi-plan stuff.

[@Predestinated1]

Blackwashing and gaslighting, their two redeeming qualities

[@Epic_C]

This is what 20 years of participation trophies has landed us. They warned us about participation trophies! Here is your end result after all these years.

[@chinchilla415]

I think this is far more dubious. This is Kalergi style history rewriting. Same thing as some UK museums (Birmingham I think) that displayed that black Africans have lived on the British isles since medieval times. It's shoehorning Sub-Sarahan Africa into our consciousness as always having been here. Ofc, nothing wrong with being African. But why, is the elites and media pushers so concerned with showing historic events and then doing race-switching fanfics out of them? Makes you think.

[@ViperChief117]

Pretty sure everyone whose even learned about the history of Egypt such as myself? Knows that Cleopatra was Greek. Which is why this dramatization of the story is nothing more than mere fan fiction. Attacking people for race swapping a historical figure? Is going to doom this docuseries. Lol

[@mohayaseen4445]

They claim also greek were black 😂😂

[@TURQUOISEEYES]

YEP. A few people buy what Grandma told them! SMH

[@AluxuryVic]

@@mohayaseen4445who is they ?

[@MurdaSheWroteXX]

In today's society, the term "racist" has about as much effect on me as "phobic."

[@auraaetherbladesigma6939]

Well this journo is about to get a reality check. Do hope the Egyptian historian goes forward with their lawsuit towards Netflix. Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if Egypt blacklists Jada and her entire “historian” crew from stepping foot in the country.

[@nikitahatamov4312]

And i hope that Egypt will be not the only one to have kind of grudge against those blackies(no racism,its just pisses me of that they calling everyone racist when something goes not as they want)and that Negrix will get the message

[@TripleCCC05]

Think they would, and if they did, would Jada and her "historians" call racism on the entire country?

[@misanthropicattackhelicopt4148]

So do I revisionisim needs to be opposed every step of the way.

[@aaironparker2837]

Excited to see how this lawsuit goes. Lol if Egypt wins celebrate proving 100% facts on both parents whole family dynasty. Is 100% Fact Greeks, Macedonian. I do mean BOTH! Even though Cleopatra not Egyptian by blood. Jump and glorified. But if Egypt lose. Then then Egypt have to face the facts.

[@rishg134]

@@aaironparker2837 Face the facts? Cleopatra’s heritage is not in dispute by any serious person, unless they are quibbling about the degree of her Persian/Iranian heredity

[@melancholycollie1466]

Love how Narcissists can't see what they did wrong and deflect it by projecting the very thing that they are doing wrong onto everyone else who is authentically upset by this by gaslighting them.

[@khnibillamokhtar2387]

i think what Raven Brunner got wrong is that Cleopatra ain't a serie but self proclaimed documentary

[@EndymionTv]

She has a very clear bias politically so it’s on brand

[@Nexus9_KD6-4.8]

I would say to this individual that it isn't racist to point out agenda driven historical revisionism, and furthermore the term "racist" is so overused as a shaming tactic to get people to fall in line these days it has basically become meaningless.

[@CrystalWings12]

At this point, racist or any phobic are nothing but buzzwords thanks to those deranged minds for using it as a counter on an argument they've lost.

[@sexmachine0732]

i'd argue it is in fact a hint that you're doing something right if someone screams that you're a racist

[@megafatuunna3467]

The reason she suicide was because Octavian and his forces were capturing Egypt. If she didn't commit suicide she would have been captured, taken to Rome, and shown in a triumph if you don't know what a triumph is, it basically was a practice where Roman's would show the people what they had done taken and accomplished after a war and after she would have been ecsucuted like Verson geterax would be by ceaser

[@mariosathens1]

Cleopatra (Κλεοπάτρα) 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 in the same period (Bactria, Seleucid Empire etc) {Greek/Hellenistic period of Central Asia and North Africa}

[@tsarisnotgaming0223]

How about we can all agree that Cleopatra could be both Egyptian and Greek?

[@mariosathens1]

@@tsarisnotgaming0223 Cleopatra and the Ptolemaic Dynasty are part of Egyptian History. As we say about them "Egyptians in soul, Greeks in ancestry"

[@tsarisnotgaming0223]

@@mariosathens1 Alright.

[@honilock577]

90 years ago they slapped a David's Star on you, 80 years ago you got a nice triangle on your shoulder and today you get the title of -ist and -phobe. Funny how history repeats

[@Bahador.B]

I want a Malcom X series, and I want Malcom X to be played by a Vietnamese woman. 🤔👍

[@MisanthropikOne]

Bro, let me give you your flowers while you can smell them. You have some of the greatest breakdowns of woke culture. You're definitely an inspiration. Love you, man. 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

[@TheAnitdote]

What does woke even mean though?

[@MisanthropikOne]

@@TheAnitdote You know what it means.

[@TheAnitdote]

@@MisanthropikOne I know it’s a term originated in the late 60’s about being aware of the social injustices. The argument here is that white people changed its meaning into something else that forces other people to use the term out of context within their racist rhetoric. That’s where the confusion starts because it sounds like another word for black. Similar to using the word “thug” instead of another word ending with the hard R.

[@beburs]

@@TheAnitdote gender fascist reverse racist reverse sexist….all the above are characteristics of a wokist.

[@rem9466]

You can't self insert your race into relevance

[@EndymionTv]

Agreed

[@AntiKira20]

We need to accept science and history factual evidence more. We need to prove that history cannot be changed on a whim and facts are more important than a persons or peoples feelings!

[@abelgarcia5432]

I could also say Jada Pinkett Smith's Cleopatra was racist for saying Cleopatra was racist when history says she wasn't.

[@PlanetToca]

This is obviously wrong. Everyone knows Cleopatra was japanese 😶

[@Pandemia616]

My friend actually tried to defend this show, (mainly because of his gf) until i pointed out the absolute uproar if Mlk or Rosa Parks were cast with white actors. He shut up after that 😂

[@chinchilla415]

If you don't get too mad at me here. Your friend couldn't have been too bright, could he? I mean, it's a rather obvious and predictable criticism in all of this, right? I'm just flabbergasted that someone didn't think about this for more than 5 seconds.

[@Pandemia616]

@Chin Chilla I think he's just whipped lmao. He doesn't want to have to try getting another gf tho so he won't leave her 💀 actually now that I think about he is kinda a dumbass 🤣

[@codylee6894]

They have so much representation in media, it's never enough for them.

[@RosieHarp]

adverts 😆😆

[@jackisha_25]

Cleopatra looked so beautiful in Origins!

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

It's funny that AC is more accurate than a self-proclaimed docuseries.

[@DekkarJr]

@@zephyrerazortail5478 yeah she looked pretty accurate there. They made her nose less severe tho hahah

[@filipvadas7602]

What makes this "documentary" so much more infuriating is that they had the *perfect* opportuninty to correct some of the misconceptions a lot of people have about Cleopatra; that being that she was just a clever , but vain seductress. In reality she was highly educated, highly intelligent and was arguibly the most caring and competent ruler of her time who had the misfortune of ruling during the cusp of Rome's *golden age.* While Egypt itself was a shadow of what it had been in comparison. But they just HAD to push their fanfiction. I mean, you *know* you messed up when an *Asterix* movie from the 2000's gave us a more historically accurate version of Cleopatra.

[@t2av159]

More like power hungry Wench who killed family members and tried to fk her way to power

[@LordyT34]

And yes, Egypt a entire nation of "armchair historians"

[@florianstraub72]

yea they need to learn there history. From Modern day feminists and blackists (just made up that word). Lucky we have a documantary on that part of history now. how lucky......

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Seems pretty racist to me to try and say her being greek wasnt good enough she has to be black

[@opadrip]

Brb gonna make an Obama documentary where he's white and uses magic powers.

[@EndymionTv]

I would love that

[@mayloo2137]

Well, he is half-white.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Nah, i wanna see an Obama doucmentary where he became the final boss like in those obama final boss memes while still having them powers lmao. He'll probably use them powers to manhunt and kill Bin Laden

[@Raven3557]

I have a dream : Martin Luther King played by Chris Pratt

[@EndymionTv]

I would love that just cause it would be funny

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Hmmm... African-American Mario

[@k.a._135]

I think if they just made it a TV SERIES or MOVIE, no one would criticize them as hard since it would be CLEARLY fictional. DOCUMENTARY = FACTUAL & EDUCATIONAL. Any show claiming to be one should be held accountable for their historical accuracy.

[@brandonshelp4682]

Personally, I look forward to seeing Bill Burr portray MLK.

[@Elgato1221]

6:30 she offed herself for pretty obvious reasons. Augustus Caesar was going to have her as the centre pice in his triumph in the city of Rome. That would have been a LONG and HUMILIATING way to die and Cleopatra knew it. Taking her own life was the best choice in that situation. Queen Cleopatra was no fool, and she was an astute student of history. She knew exactly how Romans treated the centrepieces of their triumphs, like Vercingetorix of the Gauls. Edit: spelling

[@SirIsaacClarke]

I always love when people say "Don't like it? Then don't watch/read it". When their product fails to attract a huge audience and fails, they always seem so confused.

[@مهرانعزیزی-ظ5ذ]

Netflix im still waiting on black Putin😢

[@EndymionTv]

I would love that

[@minasamir3432]

🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬 thanks to all the brave people who despite of risking being called racist still stood with us to protect our identity and heritage from being black washed ❤❤❤❤

[@Nermeen.]

Ayo Egyptian brother ❤🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

[@bobagucci502]

Now if you guy will just stop arresting women for being sexually assaulted you people may be worth something.

[@xlayer5]

Im genuinely curious what they gain from any of these moves? Victim points? Those are being more and more inflated and worth less and less even when there are real victims

[@EndymionTv]

Esg score, economic social & governance, look it up

[@DeadPixel1105]

It's an attempt at social engineering. They seek to mass brainwash society. It's no different than what was done during the beginning stages of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the Nazification of Germany, and the Stalinization of Soviet Union. This is not a case of stupidity, incompetence, or narcissism. It's a very deliberate and malicious act. You can think of these 'Afrocentric' ultra-progressives as modern-day Nazis. That is exactly what they are. Listen to their rants about race; replace the word "white" with "Jew"; replace the word "black/malanated" with "German". What you wind up with sounds *no different* than a legitimate Nazi rant against Jews. These modern day Afrocentrics are Nazis.

[@alexfriedman918]

Cleopatra was an interesting, even fascinating character, but she was not a great leader! Nor is there any evidence that she ever acted selflessly, on behalf of her people, as opposed to out of self-preservation and in order to accumulate as much power as she could. It is understandable, but it does not make her a great selfless leader fighting for her people, except in the mind of the likes of Jada.

[@florianstraub72]

cleo wanted to kill her sister to further her right to sit on the throne she already had. She gave her sister to rome so they can parade her around in chains. She so selfless and brave. An historical figure of ... wait a sec...

[@socratesrocks1513]

@@florianstraub72 Her sister WAS murdered. Antony arranged it for Cleopatra.

[@noelburland7169]

The lives of woke content creators and apologists: Remake content that racially insults the original source material or reimagine historical cultural figureheads as black, then accuse the viewing public of racism when it is widely criticized.

[@ottobaron6392]

The problem with most portrayals of Cleopatra, is a beautiful actress is usually chosen to portray her. The actual Cleopatra wasn't that attractive, her detractors calling her old hook nose. However, she used her brains over her looks to keep a man's attention, as she was well versed in philosophy and military strategy.

[@nobalkain624]

The Term "Review Bombed" has just become a Joke, not that it wasnt before. Its become so over used that I think even those who did care about it before have become sick of that excuse. Its called Criticism and its valid no matter what spin they want to put on it. It worked for a while, but they played this hand to often for it to win anymore.

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

I'm looking forward to the documentary series that Egypt wants to make for Cleopatra. To have actual Egyptians play as Egyptians.

[@Pandemona01]

Question: but isn't racist to change the character race because it is inconvenient for the documentary? As saying it isn't useful a mediterranean. It has to be black. I don't see the inclusion. It is actually an exclusion apparently and kinda disrespectful for history. A documentary should be accurated. Not open to interpretation. It isn't fiction. It's history. Like it or not.

[@EndymionTv]

It’s only done for one reason, historical revisionism. That’s it so whatever mental rigamorale they think of it’s always going to be moronic

[@Pandemona01]

@@EndymionTv It is beyond madness.

[@legeul]

Because inclusivity only matters when it's in favor of blacks, or whatever race it's convinient at the time. But yeah you're right, all this inclusivity nonesense only leads to exclusion of other people, in this case the people being excluded being the Egyptians.

[@xTristan69x]

How can netflix call us racist for calling them out for being racist?

[@laganas2008]

"Accuse the enemy of that which you are guilty."

[@chinchilla415]

The Netflix screams in pain as they strike at you.

[@koreancowboy42]

When the tv show is so bad it makes The Mummy movies that better

[@mayloo2137]

You didn't like The Mummy movies did you?

[@Agent-57]

The mummy movies were loved by pretty much everyone. Is it accurate ? No. Why would it be. It's a fictional movie with supernatural stuff.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

Their egos are so big and their pride so wide that they simply cannot accept that they've made something that people aren't impressed with. These people honestly believe they are changing the whole world with their "art", and that they're a benevolent force for all things good. Therefore, if you don't like it, you must be malicious or evil.

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

They bring up the Argument "she was portraited by a white actress, so why not a Black one?" Okay then let's just cast an asian cleopatra, or a native American one. Let's just cast every Single race/ethnicity for Cleopatra so that nobody gets underrepresented

[@florianstraub72]

That dosnt work this way. Only black people and woman can be underrepresented. No wait only Black and Woman are underrepresented and thats a fact that cant change with numbers. 50% black is as underrepresentive as 10%.

[@chinchilla415]

And how about we make Asian MLK? Surely these racists don't object to that?

[@darktenor4967]

I love that final sentence, that you're literally racist "whatever you thought of the documentary itself". Not only is that completely moronic, but it's also severely dangerous when it comes to diagnosing real, harming people of other races type of racism! I wonder if these journalists have ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, probably not, because they'd likely call that racist!

[@juanvilas5341]

Putting aside this particular case, as a Latino I want an interesting character, it's even more insulting that they have to change the stories of already existing and famous characters, insinuating that you can't create original stories and that you can't create three-dimensional black and Latino characters therefore we need to change the skin of other characters. For me that is the most insulting part of it.

[@Ashkihyena]

That word lost all mending cause of people like that…sooo opinion discarded.

[@Rihcterwilker]

I remember when they made memes on Putin or Elon Musk netflix documentaries, with then being swapped by black people. I used to think it was a reach, and the documentary field at least was a "safe" zone.

[@DavidByrden1]

"Don't know much about history, Don't know much geography; I get by because I'm rich as sh*t, And my name is Jada Pinkett Smith: But I do know that Egypt's cool, So I'm telling you Ignore your school It was black 'cos I want - it - to - be."

[@apr194828]

It looks more like an African movie than an Egyptian movie

[@TheAnitdote]

Egypt is in Africa.

[@EndThusIAm]

While AC Origins didn't hold my attention, I'd rather play it from start to finish without interruption than watch Netflix Cleopatra

[@EndymionTv]

You should it’s a very fun game

[@EndThusIAm]

@@EndymionTv Like I said, it didn't keep my attention. The major turn into RPG mechanics was a real turn off as well. I did see majority of it though as my wife loves the AC franchise.

[@DekkarJr]

it's prty good. the expansions are good too

[@fitzviandraduivenab2790]

Origins is definitely the best game out of the three 'modern' AC. At least it still keeps the spirit of AC games

[@860rondo]

The fact it actually got on Netflix is like a back hand from zeus. There's no coming back from this, it's honestly getting old at this point.

[@EndymionTv]

Netflix knew full well what they were doing was wrong

[@pumkin610]

And of course they cancel the good shows after two seasons

[@howyoudoin7897]

My great grandfather told me that Martin Luther King is actually white strong man and the man that we knew was pay actor. Now that is a “good documentary” to work with.

[@TheGogeta222]

Ed Sheeran in: Luther

[@kpk547]

A poor example, since MLK's children are alive and are undoubtedly black, so are many of his nieces, nephews and other family members, now, 2000 years from now, stories about him can change and things may get harder to prove, and your joke, which may be told by one of your descendants, since you won't be around, might be a little more relevant, maybe

[@TheGogeta222]

@@kpk547 Well the Descendance of Cleopatra still alive too they are called greek

[@kpk547]

@@TheGogeta222 And Derek Jeter also celebrated his English ancestry as well and come to think of it, he does look like Beckham, or Boris Johnson, same family

[@forestmanzpedia]

Hey man, I just want to let you know that I managed to get two textbooks to learn the Armenian language. Signed, a Moroccan. 🙂❤

[@TheGameianDark]

They can pat all they want by calling everyone a ist! But it's been proven over and over again that U only become a villian not a hero by demonizing the same folks who gonna watch U!

[@roshenrs5218]

Cleopatra had good reasons to unalive herself. If she had lived, history books would note her ceremonial sacrifice to IVPITER OPTIMVS MAXIMVS and the greatest of all Roman triumphs.

[@ukaszmozejko9984]

It's almost like this series sole purpose is to cause civil unrest.

[@magical_pixie_horse7346]

I think the woman king is a big enough pushback to outweigh the last jedi in terms of "non-fiction".

[@HUNK777]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who read "backlash" as "blacklash"... Please...

[@YazzyFairy]

The fact that they also changed why Cleopatra committed suicide angers me just as much as the rest... Of course, her rule was memorable, but her tragic death was just as much. I don't know that much about Cleopatra, so if I'm wrong, please correct me, but from what I've heard she already attempted to end her life a few times as she mourned the death of Mark Anthony. In the end, of course, other reasons such as losing her position of power could have been a cause, but it was also primarily due to her brokenheartedness. This is one of the main reasons I sympathize with her and one of the main things I remember about her.

[@CombativeMedic]

They never learn...or, rather, they refuse to ever admit when they are wrong about something and made a mistake. They act worse than a spoiled child.

[@AntoniousFrancis]

I'm Egyptian, A COPTIC CHRISTIAN EGYPTIAN, I shout that out loud because we are the most pure blooded Egyptians out there and that's not only my opinion that's what scientists and historians also agreed on , and I tell you that every word that Bassem Youssef said is right and I totally agree with him. Yes Egypt had lots of mixed cultures throughout its history like Greeks, Romans and Arabs but the Egyptian blood didn't mix and change that much and that's because for centuries we Egyptians had a golden tradition rule to marry our cousins, and that tradition is still present until now especially in Upper Egypt(From Assiut to Aswan), although that tradition seems silly and bad from a scientific biological point of view, but that doesn't matter, silly or not we kept that tradition of marrying our cousins for centuries and that helped us to preserve our pure Egyptian blood not mixed as long as we could, and the result is what you see now and that is Modern Egyptians looks typical to their Ancient Egyptian ancestors, just look at my skin color and Bassem Youssef's skin color we are almost the same although he is a Muslim who was born and lived in Cairo and I am a Coptic Christian who was born and lived in Luxor and there is almost 1000 km distance between us, doesn't that tell you a thing or two about who Ancient Egyptians were and what they looked like? With all respect for all the black people and all the other ethnicities out there, but we Egyptians are special very special, WE ARE NOT Black or White or Yellow, Not Europeans or Africans or Asians, Not Assyrians or Persians or Greeks or Romans or Arabs or French or British or Israelites, Not Middle Easterners or Caucasians or Mediterraneans or Amazigh or Berbers or even North Africans. WE ARE EGYPTIANS, WE ARE VERY UNIQUE!

[@yash200wzee7]

Black race is so diverse...actually quite beautiful coming from all those kings, queens, pharaohs. Cleopatra was mixed with black in her living in a African black Continent that had more skin tones, facial features and hair textures than any other continent. And Queen Charlotte was also mixed with black in her traced by six different lines from Princess Sophie Charlotte back to Margarita de Castro y Sousa.

[@CrystalGoddess90]

Cleopatra VII wasn't mixed with a single African person. She was of Greek-Macedonian descent with origins from the Middle East. Her family practiced incest for hundreds of years. They didn't even learn to speak Egyptian. Cleopatra VII was the only one to speak Egyptian.

[@yash200wzee7]

Do the research and even visit museums - within these royalties see which ones were black:' 1) Old Kingdom, 2) Middle Kingdom, 3) New Kingdom, 4) Third Intermediate Period, 5) Late Period, 6) Ptolemaic Periods. Because there are tons of them.

[@mr.fuckyourfeelings5558]

"With great wokeness, comes big brokness" uncle Ben.

[@EndymionTv]

Rest In Peace to that legend, he’s died too many times already

[@memesofwarhemmer7076]

@@EndymionTv he is like Jesus his sacrifices the one we don’t deserve but needed

[@mayloo2137]

Viola Davis said something similar about The Woman King. 'If people don't go see the movie, you are saying that a black woman can never lead a worldwide action picture again'.

[@aliasfakename2267]

It's the same people that said black panther was the first black superhero movie.

[@sabtaingopinath9652]

To hell with Viola Davis and the clowns who think like her. Get a new business plan for. Goodness sake... These people are sooooo infuriating.

[@rex8255]

Step one in making a movie that won't be popular: Call it a documentary. Two: Cast an actress, in a purportedly historically accurate movie, when we KNOW what she looked like (cause numerous Artists). Three: Try and shame the audiece. Cause, yeah, calling me a racistbis REALLY going to motivate me to watch that movie.

[@MrOrcshaman]

'Artist' takes a shit in an art exhibition. Reviewer calls it a work of art. 99.9% of the public say "That's shit". Reviewer "How DARE you!"

[@honilock577]

"The racists aren't that smart. No matter how they try to dress up their words, the quiet part is always made loud" I don't think I have to explain the irony in this sentence...

[@johnathan1506]

Any person who thinks that self deletion was a respected thing back then, should only read Dante's Inferno. He'll describe in excruciating detail to you how the people of that time felt about it😂😂😂 IYKYK

[@tylerskiss]

If you call out the historical failures, then it’s just a drama and they are just actors interpreting a role, but if you call out the acting and story, then it becomes a documentary again.

[@Dinossword]

I find this very insulting, as I think this is what happens when you hire an activist instead of a professional, and this is bad when an entire nation considers this bad and inaccurate, and only poking a hornet's nets if your telling said nation to shut up and call them racist, its a bad move there from the director.

[@Alnd7914]

I keep waiting for the reviews to change verbiage to speak out about the re-writing of history, specifically, instead of specifically questioning the race of the actress. I think that if they had cast her but then did a really good, well-informed accurate historical documentary.... Most people probably would have just overlooked it and it would have been 'just another' piece of 'modernized' entertainment. It would have been questioned & questionable, but probably would have skimmed by.

[@izzatputin1999]

I don't care what they tell you in school, if you don't vote Joe Biden you ain't black.

[@muddywitch9016]

I watched it. It was DREADFUL, so inaccurate not biographical at all.

[@Kat1kafka]

She deleted herself because she realized she was the patriarchy all along

[@EndymionTv]

She did it because if she got in the hands of her enemies her fate would’ve been...yeah. It would’ve been bad, I don’t need to elaborate

[@Kat1kafka]

@@EndymionTv I was joking

[@Muschelschubs3r]

The shtick "Attack your audience when they rightfully call you out" is losing its punch. Through overuse. That's a good thing.