When woke Hollywood rewrites history...

[@SydneyWatson]

Hi all! I've been in Australia visiting family, hence why I disappeared for longer than usual. I tried to pre-record this video before I left, but didn't find any time to edit it. I know it's quite late to the news cycle, but I worked hard on it, so decided to post it anyway with some updated points! This is one of those topics that I find challenging to investigate, for reasons I outlined towards the end of this video. I can see clearly how rapidly gatekeeping happens and all the fun is sucked out of entertainment. Keen to hear all your thoughts when you get to that part of the video. Also - Gran Torino is terrific and if you haven't already, you should definitely see it. 😄 Also, also - I realized way too late in the game that Gal Gadot actually pronounces the "T" in her own name. But it feels a bit late to fix it now heh. Sorry about all my endless name butchering!

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

🤘😆🤘 ❤

[@ConservativeSatanist666]

I keep waiting for Hollywood to go broke.. it's only a matter of time

[@duckpaints]

hey Sydney since you're back in Australia are you gonna be catching up with Avi?

[@sgtstryker1018]

Will get the underwear when they come in camo many different colors of camo woodland desert urban

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I hope you have/had a great time

[@HeisenbergFam]

Hollywood's ability to disappoint people is a talent

[@SydneyWatson]

It's true. I remember when movies used to be enjoyable :)

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Talent ? It's a goal

[@pedrohenrique-et3fs]

heinsenberg fam or farm?

[@uppityglivestockian]

@Heisenberg, why I stopped buying Hollywood product two decades ago. I feel much better. Everyone should try it.

[@InvictusManeo.]

Jews

[@needlesandsonics5819]

What made the Cleopatra race swap worse than what it was was to call it a documentary. They apparently didn’t know what a documentary is.

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

They don't know what words mean.

[@SGxShadow]

That one distinction is literally why the Egyptian government is so upset. If they made it a movie/show, nobody in that country would've cared. They claimed it was historically accurate... that's why it's so offensive.

[@klausroxin4437]

@@nemanjastankovic4439 No, they do exactly know what the word documentary means. They deliberately forge history for their political purposes. They are bad persons, not idiots. That's why they pretend that Cleopatra really was black and their fake-show would be a documentary showing the truth, while knowing otherwise.

[@Yelsama]

As a documentary, Cleopatra was as accurate as the Discovery documentary on the mermaids...great stuff full of facts (no). Spoiler alert, those mermaids were not black or diverse.

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

@@SGxShadow Yes they could have said they are making show for entertainment and that it will not be historically accurate or put some bloody disclaimer. No wonder people are upset. And new mermaid from Disney is "black" and nobody likes the movie because movie sucks because it's remake of older animated movie. New Snowhite is Latina and dwarves are regular size humans (1 small person) and LGBTQ. Disney going bankrupt now.

[@drfye]

Worst part is, if they wanted representation, there are bkack African queens with fascinating histories.they could have looked up and shown a lesser known piece of history but it seems to me they just wanted name recognition and a reaction.

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

its more humiliating for the black community to have the cast offs from previous white roles. Very patronising.

[@amalgama2000]

All this hypocrites care about is money. Other African historical figures of that time won't sale so well in their point of view

[@freddyjafar1490]

Yaa asantewaa

[@GothLady1987]

Lazy. Just like the obsession with CGI. Don't want to do the research, put in the work, make sure the evidence matches. Just plain lazy.

[@misterrroy]

My grandfather always said: “I don’t care what anyone tells you, Marc Anthony was an alien”

[@jadapalmer4356]

I'm inclined to believe your grandfather was right.

[@roxannehillman8016]

😂😂

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

I think it was "Mark Antony". Although the original Latin name would have been Marcus Antonius.

[@NinaJansen13]

😂

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

Ah, good old Marc Anthony. Or Marconi for short. 😂

[@syedmazharhasan6803]

As a history nerd and a fashion history enthusiast, I am just appalled at the new period dramas and documentaries. I absolutely hate it.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here.

[@syedmazharhasan6803]

OMG Sydney liked my comment! I can now die in peace 😅

[@SydneyWatson]

It's like, they don't even try any more. I find it so depressing.

[@syedmazharhasan6803]

@@SydneyWatson How very true.

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

I’m insulted and offended at the constant antiwhiteism we are forced to endure

[@knotengajin7359]

Minor correction: this trend isn’t simply political, it’s a specifically American political trend being applied to European, Asian, and African histories and folklore.

[@mi_ra0102]

Unfortunately we're importing any American cultural debate without regard to context here in Europe. It's already starting 😢

[@kgc0609]

Exactly. The idea of swapping race of other country's historic figure for their satisfaction for "enough representation" is so US-centric.

[@darkwindsage]

you can add Latinoamerica on the mix too. pinches gringos...

[@aericabison23]

Can’t wait for the day when they cast Jaden Smith as Krishna from the Mahabharata. Oh, wait…

[@LordPork]

Unfortunately it has already infected other European countries. For an example, Finnish government sponsored a movie about a Finnish WW2 leader Mannerheim and the main character was quite dark in contrast to reality of the person.

[@cfluff6716]

Holy hell… Saldana was so traumatized by the Nina Simone debacle she started acting as blue and green alien characters just to be safe 😆

[@murderoustendencies]

*blue and green aliens land on Earth*: dafuq is going on here!?

[@fordshojoe8080]

​@@murderoustendenciesdafuq is this shit do I look like a joke go you?

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

@@murderoustendencies Now there's a headline I'd love to see :D

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

Hahaha Tragicomic , so funny so true ) They are scared like drowning animals when it comes to race )

[@dominiquensouza]

Well, she is taking away roles from actual green and blue aliens, so...

[@eswinipi]

I don't care what they tell you in school, Abraham Lincoln was a vampire slayer...

[@thekicker2517]

That's such a nostalgia trip I was 6 when I watched that movie when it first released.

[@TheInternetWanderer-d2j]

I'll believe that

[@feliperoa5821]

That would be cool as hell

[@John-x7r7p]

You're dellusional

[@kaczucha3able]

This is really so outrageous for me as a period drama enthusiast, why can't we have great shows about afro queens, showing us their culture, but instead we have to rewrite the british history black. Just ridiculous.

[@kentslocum]

Exactly! Real history is infinitely more interesting than these fictionalized depictions.

[@cloud-xz1sv]

Because black folks did everything duhhh

[@Drag0nvil]

Because sir, representation is not about representing cultural heritage. It's about handing out sloppy seconds by simply changing some skin tones within the already represented heritage. Don't you know that to stay fresh we gotta draw all our water from one source and then add in some spice!

[@Grayfox111]

Because they don't sell.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

🎼I see a white queen and I want to paint her black. 🎶

[@Federalrepublicofsprout7263]

"Cleopatra was a peacekeeper and never resorted to violence" "Cleopatra was a fierce warrior who did what she had to" Believe it or not but both of these quotes are from the same documentary

[@richardhockey8442]

doublethink: believing two mutually exclusive perspectives at the same time

[@XxxXxx-ww6ct]

sounds more like a political debate 😉

[@rosfow]

Total romantic fiction. Actually Cleopatra was a typical Ptolemy. She had at least 2 of her siblings murdered (Arsinoe and Ptolemy XIV) and was totally committed to Egypt. She was ruthless and prepared to do what ever it took to preserve her Kingdom. There is no evidence she was a warrior. She was at the battle of Actium but abandoned Marc Anthony to preserve her remaining fleet - hardly the actions of a war hero.

[@djjaysky9071]

Cleopatra caused the fall

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

And both are BS. Cleopatra was never a warrior, and she had no issue assassinating his brother, among other violent decisions.

[@JDDK28]

“How many drugs do you need to take to want to cast Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman?” All of them.

[@ryanchurchill5081]

And double a few for better effect

[@Graciashauf]

Mel Gibson for MLK JR LFG

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

@@Graciashauf That's like fighting fire with fire in city that is burning LMAO I think Mel would say "You lads mad or what?"

[@Graciashauf]

@@nemanjastankovic4439 like i say, they set precedent for using dumb logic against themselves. Ill be happy to use it against them

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

@@Graciashauf Can't even see my reply Go for it , it will be funny at least and boy do they deserve it ten fold.

[@macgyversmacbook1861]

Saying Saint Joan d’Arc was “non binary” because she was a soldier and talked/commanded men is like saying every woman who is a Flight or Drill Sergeant is non binary

[@eva1585]

Its starting to turn back into the territory of saying women cant be strong/cant fight. "This woman who wants to fight and lead an army for something she believes in must've been a man all along! That's why she wants to fight! Not because she's a woman and women can have those aspirations too!"

[@ThroughTheLensOfAutism]

Fiction writers always use “artistic license”, especially in regard to history, but lately they have been knowingly changing history for an agenda.

[@dt3802]

Artistic licence in Hollywood has now become lies.

[@Lonovavir]

The Patriot and Braveheart look historically accurate compared to modern historical films.

[@liamhalla6803]

Yup. There's an antiwhite agenda, just like the antisemitic agenda of the nazis. This time, the nazis hate whites.

[@timothydoyle9635]

There is an agenda. Notice how the race swaps are only in one direction. It's targeted against the group getting replaced by another group that wants the replaced to not exist.

[@annelousteau9799]

So? 😊

[@DarkEclipse23]

I hate the argument that anyone with “darker skin” is automatically labeled as “black”. It’s why I get annoyed at the people claiming all Hawaiians are black because they have “dark skin”. Literally insults me and my entire family and extended family.

[@CDMuffy]

Just wait. They'll make a live action Lilo and stitch and get keke palmer to play Nani and the little black girl who can't sing and had to get autotuned to hell and back in the barfing Annie remake to play Lilo.

[@eleycki]

I agree.

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

Exactly. Hawaiians and Maoris are NOT black; furthermore they have ZERO African DNA. In fact they are ASIAN.

[@haljordan777]

@@CDMuffy Jaden Smith is going to play Stitch, and anyone who points out that Stitch is supposed to be a blue alien is racist.

[@davemccage7918]

I’m not black but darker skinned than some black people. I hate being grouped in with everyone that isn’t white. My lived experiences and culture are completely different than an African, black American, South Asian or a Mexican. I don’t need to see someone whom looks like me on screen to feel “represented” or to relate to the character.

[@kevinwoodki]

Here in Britain we had to endure a Black woman being cast as Ann Boylen. Henry VIII , famously red headed pale skinned wife from Tudor England. (thats 16th cent). Stretching reality just a tad.

[@estherhinds6314]

I didn't know Anne Boleyn was redheaded. I knew her daughter was of course, but I haven't been able to find much description on Boleyn herself

[@shanenolan5625]

​@@estherhinds6314you can find a portrait, and her daughter and father had red-haired. The boylyn family were irish. Anglo irish. ( with French) boylyn is the French version of butler. Her father was the Earl of ormand. ( killkemny Ireland) it because a duckdome later . . Her mother was daughter ( sister) of the Duke or Norfolk. The father was a second son , he got a job as ambassador to the French court . And I think that's when the French version of the name was used. The family didn't use it afterwards. . In the portrait her hair is very dark red .

[@CDMuffy]

why the fuck do they keep removing the few redheaded representation we have and making them all black anyhow??? I never get to see anyone who looks like me but that doesn't matter cuz black people can't get new original movies? Make them new representation. Make historical movies out of their ancestors. Make a new black princess. Jfc. It's honestly racist towards them too, cuz in doing it Hollywood is making it really clear they think black people deserve handmedowns that are just race-swapped instead of putting in the gd effort to give them original content.

[@tetedur377]

I'm almost old enough to have dated Boylen's daughter. Although, I did have a thing for Boudicca. Sadly, she'd already passed by that time.

[@godzillas6301]

@@tetedur377 Ever imagined if Boudicca had won ? Now theres a thing ................

[@LisaMariavanHarmelen]

I’m scared that people are going to believe that it’s the truth instead of fiction.

[@amalgama2000]

Elites are trying to homogenize us, confuse our understanding of history and warp reality. There is a social engineering in the making here

[@Syzygy77]

Dumb people will believe whatever they want.

[@mobilegameclips5628]

That’s the goal. Those who know the truth and get upset will fall off. But the media will remain openly available for future generations to “rediscover” and feel they have exposed some truth that they identify with and the context of “it’s was about diversity amongst actors” will be long gone. Which btw wouldn’t they have just a completely random assortment of actors if race was irrelevant? Like why is cleopatras entire family the same color? If it’s about diversity of actors she could have had an Asian and an Indian and Easter European and a Native American all in her family and we would just know the roles they play and not associate the race with their place in the film.

[@silverfullbuster9177]

Well this goes either way as well. Movies depicted that the white man discovered everything which of course is rubbish. So all in all, don't believe what you see in movies

[@ladycrystalr-u.s.a]

They already do.....

[@sigmaputin6888]

I’m British and I find a black woman playing one of our queens as ridiculous

[@enterprisedavidcain]

In your country you might get arrested for saying that

[@upschutt4842]

Doctor Who in a way tried it with Elisabeth X in Matt Smith's first season...

[@lostboy8084]

Well at least they didn't make he a transgender female

[@shanenolan5625]

​@@upschutt4842yes but thst was deep in the future. Although her accent was ridiculous.

[@greenarrow219]

They wanted it to be diverse.....not accurate.

[@JaKaiMS]

Afroblasting anything historically Egyptian has been going on for years now. I'm happy to finally see some backlash about it. It's been extremely painful seeing as an ancient history lover.

[@teastrainer3604]

A TV biopic about Anwar Sadat with Louis Gossett Jr. playing him was produced in the 1980s. Egyptian weren't crazy about that either. Hollywood has also claimed that Hannibal was black. That doesn't go over well in Tunisia.

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

@@teastrainer3604 Well no doubt people who live there now still may have some connection to Ancient Egypt and Carthege but they are 99 % Arabic today. It would be same as me (Serbian) start taking credit for Roman monuments here even though Serbs came here 100+ years too late. Far as I know closest living relatives to Ancient Egyptians are Copts in Ethiopia.

[@Jay_Hendrix]

"Afroblasting" sounds badass though, ngl. Also don't you mean "blacklash?" 🤣

[@chumamakasi6682]

But Egypt is in Africa isn't it, so why use 'Afroblasting'? My dear, don't be scared to say the truth as it is, I'm a dark skinned African and find the idea of misrepresenting actual historical figures appalling and insulting, both to us and the ones represented. No self respecting dark skinned African supports this kind of travesty, so don't be scared to say it as it is because all Africans are not of the Negro race and lies should not be told with actual historical figures.

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

@@chumamakasi6682 Far as I know Carthege was African civilization too right ? And I don't really care but I think they can use whatever actor as long as they explain what race original historical figure was. Doesn't have to be 100 % this or that people can understand that it's a bit of many things. Far as I know people who live in Egypt today are not same people that were there in time of Ancient Egypt so if you insult Arabs maybe remind them they got that land from Copts by conquest. Same as Turkey , all those monuments are Greek and Greeks lived there and spoke Greek until Ottoman Empire came. Cleopatra may have been Greek but if they don't use black actor for Ramzes that's just stupid )

[@llywyllngryffyn8053]

My thoughts: Stop the swap. No more Gender, Race, Sexuality, or culture swapping. I don't care if it is a Fictional character or a historical one. once the character is established, for a fiction, let it stay that way. All you do by swapping them is lose money, crate angst, and ultimately hurt your prospects for the future. It has been said before and rightly so, that if you want characters that are of different races, genders, sexualities, or cultures, then just Write Them. Don't overwrite a preexisting one. Your new character will stand on their own merits and you will be rewarded for the creativity. Your character will be original, not a token, and not an attack on someone else's work. I don't want to see a White Lesbian Irish Woman playing Black Panther any more than I want to see a Black woman playing a White, Ginger Scandinavian Mermaid. I would like to see new characters with interesting stories of any diverse background that you can imagine. Give us good, new, diverse characters, and let us enjoy them. Stop stealing history.

[@digishade7583]

And when making these new characters don’t have their whole personality revolve around the fact that they’re black or gay or whatever part of the alphabet they are because that’s just one part of a person

[@liamhalla6803]

Race swapping is cringe, no cap.

[@narmar9mm]

We know Cleopatra was black, Because she had a Child with Mark Anthony, who was a Roman Dignitary. Now according to Roman Law, It was against the law for a Roman dignitary to have sex with women other than Roman! However, when Mark Anthony saw Cleopatra, and how Black and Beautiful she was, he wanted her! The same way the white man lust over the Black Woman today, Nothing New! Now after this union Cleopatra became pregnant and a child was born on December 25th! Called Cleophas, Who is actually one of your three Jesus's spoken of in your bible! The baby's birth had to be kept a secret in Rome and in Egypt! Their union was not recognized by the Romans or Egyptians. Cleopatra was under the Cat goddess Bast! So now you get the Roman Catholic Church, which is Cat, and Holistic! Now when Cleopatra's Son, Cleophas was born, he was supposed to take the Throne at age Thirteen. But the Ancient Egyptian Refused to let him take the Throne in Egypt, Because he was Biracial, and of two different cultures! In other words, he was not accepted in Egypt or Rome! This proves that Cleopatra was indeed a Black Woman, And not some Pale Face Greek Woman the Eurocentric would have you believe! Why? Because at this point in time, Egypt was still ruled by Black-Asiatic People, Who were highly Melanated People! And we're Not, Pale Face European Greeks!

[@Sofasurfa]

Oh you are so right. I really don’t get it. Anyone who loves history or exploring other cultures can tell you that there so many stories to tell. I have given up with western tv. I have been watching a lot of Asian shows they are escapist fun.

[@M1SSC0RPSE]

Well said!

[@majorbytes2853]

This would be like if I decided to cast Joan of arc as a Chinese woman, and have her sign a peace treaty with the British. People would be furious and rightly so

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Again. They don’t care about money, they don’t care about the fans… they are taking our stories, cultural icons, and our history and from us and saying “this isn’t yours anymore.” We’re sick of antiwhiteism

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

@@JoJo-mm8sn it’s unfortunate that most Wh people don’t even know we’re being victimized. And the ones who can see it don’t know how to articulate what they’re seeing

[@SouthoftheHill]

They're celebrating our slow genocide.

[@nashbobrigade372]

Good job

[@Hi-jw7oq]

They just tell gingers they have no culture so it doesnt matter.

[@oblivionsa7973]

Not just "this isn't yours" but eventually "this never existed". They are erasing European culture by tricking people into believing it's someone else's.

[@ajbryan59]

“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

[@Sofasurfa]

Scary to think that an Orwellian world is starting to look like a possibility rather than a dystopian fiction 😱

[@peteredimo9420]

@@Sofasurfa it is sad ti say but i has always been like this

[@bludeuce3855]

how many times do i have to tell you paranoid !diots 1984 is not ebcoming a reality and orwell did not predict anything and they cant completley erase, destroy change or rewrite history its impossible

[@falconlore9666]

@@peteredimo9420 I don't remember who said it originally but it is something along the lines of "The victor writes the history books"

[@Čangrizavi_Cinik]

Always have thought the closest to reality is The brave new world novel.

[@mohdmohtashim9841]

I have made that mistake of calling an Irish old man 65-70 year old a Brit, and that was the day I learnt what that expression "rain down hell fire" really means 😂😂😂😂

[@SydneyWatson]

dude, I was once on an airplane and sat beside an Irish guy. I asked him some question about being from the UK/Britain and he looked at me like the skin should melt from my body lmao

[@toolegittoquit_001]

​@@SydneyWatsonFortunately for all of us, your skin didn't melt off

[@christopherelworthy9640]

I'm from New Zealand and we get called Aussies all the time 🤬

[@suzybearheart530]

I dated a guy from Northern Ireland (swoon!) During the summer Olympics I mentioned the UK doing really well and he said "I don't care about the UK. It's Ireland we cheer for!" Put me in my place, to be sure. 😂 God, I love the Irish!

[@shanenolan5625]

​@@SydneyWatson😆 I'm irish. Some great very very sensitive about that lol . . Remember Tom Hardy talking about the irish in pearky blinders. Season 6. Hilarious. ( the irish question) angry and knows everything about what happened 600 years ago, but can't remember last night. 😂

[@iainsutherland1113]

“I don’t care what they tell you in school…” is never a good position to take in life !! 😂

[@taliesinhalliday]

There are many thing schools teach that are wrong. A man can be a woman is just one of the new ones.

[@albertbresca8904]

that is a warning straight away....lol

[@tiba2603]

She should have listened to what they tell her at school

[@the_unrepentant_anarchist.]

Whitewashing = 'bad.' Blackwashing = 'perfectly acceptable.' 🍄

[@CDMuffy]

Nah, change "perfectly acceptable' to 'visionary' and then you got it

[@M-S_4321]

Hollywood's always been guilty of fauxwashing.

[@brusso456]

Blackwashing = 'perfectly acceptable.' if you Whitewash them, that is called make-up.

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

'n SHIEEET ! Das rite !

[@angelagranger760]

Call it blackface not blackwashing. It pisses off the hypocrites who think it's okay to replace whites with blacks but not blacks with whites.

[@ladyc3544]

My grandfather was born in Egypt. His family was always in the Middle East before that and never set foot in Europe. My grandfather had Mediterranean features but blue eyes and very white skin. Many Egyptians are white like that. I'm sick of people thinking all Egyptian people are dark. And yes, I know Cleopatra was Greek-Macedonian and therefore not dark skinned. But even if she was an Ethnic Egyptian, she would not have necessarily been dark skinned.

[@amalgama2000]

There is an agenda in the modern day woke Hollywood to portray the whole of Africa in all time periods as 100% black. They don't care about real history and ethnic complexity of the real Africa

[@tonyravioli1982]

@jacksmith6015 Nope what. Speak boy speak.

[@SlicesUSA]

The Egyptians now are like that after thousands of years of invasions. Look at the artwork. & not to mention the land was called “Kush” before the Greeks called it Egypt. Kush means black. Nubian people & Ethiopians were there first. The information is all there. God bless

[@tonyravioli1982]

@@SlicesUSA Perhaps, however you are missing the time frame. They weren't black when Cleopatra was in power.

[@warrentrueman8892]

I witnessed something similar in Spain. Every skin colour under the sun and they were... Get this... SPANISH!!! Weird that, because we have the same thing in the UK.

[@tori623worth]

"Everyone hated each other" is my new favorite historical summery 😂

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

There's this Swedish book "Gårdarna krig" ("War of the city quarters") that depicts how rival gangs in 1950th Stockholm fought against eachother. Almost like in the cult classic *_"WARRIORS"_*

[@whatduck943]

Summarise brittish history in one line. 😅

[@patrickcromwell7554]

That quote given to us @ - 1:12 is just (to me) the highest caliber of ignorance that a grown woman can teach a child. "No matter what they tell you in school; cleopatra was Black." Well that's essentially her Grandmother telling her that evidence doesn't matter. Learning the truth doesn't matter because "we say so."

[@viscountrainbows2857]

They'll call you racist for not accepting historical revisionism and wonder why it's bleeding money. It is one thing to have a "reimagining" and it is entirely another to tell people "History is wrong, *in my opinion* and if you argue, then you are suppressing my voice!" well when I'm wrong and told so, I eagerly shut up and learn the correct way; we can't do that now because it's bigoted to ask perfectly reasonable questions

[@stenkarasin2091]

Thank you Sydney Watson for having the moral courage to say what needed to be said on this matter.

[@nadine8764]

Cleopatra isn't a character, she's a historical figure

[@liamhalla6803]

Her full name was Candace Cleopatra VII Ptolemais.

[@narmar9mm]

We know Cleopatra was black, Because she had a Child with Mark Anthony, who was a Roman Dignitary. Now according to Roman Law, It was against the law for a Roman dignitary to have sex with women other than Roman! However, when Mark Anthony saw Cleopatra, and how Black and Beautiful she was, he wanted her! The same way the white man lust over the Black Woman today, Nothing New! Now after this union Cleopatra became pregnant and a child was born on December 25th! Called Cleophas, Who is actually one of your three Jesus's spoken of in your bible! The baby's birth had to be kept a secret in Rome and in Egypt! Their union was not recognized by the Romans or Egyptians. Cleopatra was under the Cat goddess Bast! So now you get the Roman Catholic Church, which is Cat, and Holistic! Now when Cleopatra's Son, Cleophas was born, he was supposed to take the Throne at age Thirteen. But the Ancient Egyptian Refused to let him take the Throne in Egypt, Because he was Biracial, and of two different cultures! In other words, he was not accepted in Egypt or Rome! This proves that Cleopatra was indeed a Black Woman, And not some Pale Face Greek Woman the Eurocentric would have you believe! Why? Because at this point in time, Egypt was still ruled by Black-Asiatic People, Who were highly Melanated People! And we're Not, Pale Face European Greeks!

[@narmar9mm]

The Pyramids have also been standing there for over 30,000 years! The reason why the Eurocentrics tell you that the Pyramids is 3,000-4,000 years old, is to tie themselves into the story of them building the Pyramids! All we do is add an extra Zero to give you the correct dates of around how long the Pyramids have been standing there. Which completely removes the Eurocentrics from the story of who built the Pyramids, Bc there were No white ppl or Arabs at this point in time! There were only Negroid's walking around!!!!

[@docsavage8640]

Candace was a title, not a name.

[@ReverendLloyd]

It's called White Genocide.

[@DonnaBrooks]

The creator of, "I, Joan," said seeing herself in Joan of Arc was "too good to be true." That's because it's NOT true! There is so much projecting of modern ideas back into history. This "non-binary" term is just a TRENDY way to say, "androgynous", or, "gender non-conforming." Imputing some "non-binary" "identity" onto Joan is historical revisionism. Joan was a gender-nonconforming WOMAN. If you don't like being a woman, that's on YOU. Don't foist your "identity" & your internalized misogyny onto her! She had a mission, not an identity to defend. Her clothing wasn't a fashion statement; she didn't just dress like that to feel special. Men's clothing was practical for battle & helped to protect her from sexual assault. She made history by her actions, not her "identity".

[@deviltriger9039]

The only way to stop this is to now cast Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman

[@jadapalmer4356]

I surprisingly agree...LoL!

[@jadapalmer4356]

@jacksmith6015 - Well, actually, I need to take that back. My mistake, I really think that he was pretty good as Leonidas.

[@nothingmuch8865]

Julia Robert's isn't quite as homely as Harriet.

[@Mert_Yanik]

You're wrong we all know that only Ryan reynolds can play that role

[@prodigalpriest]

Maybe have Whoopi Goldberg play as Harriet Tubman?

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Time for depicting black historical figures as Chinese. It'll be hilarious.

[@tetedur377]

Or vice versa. It would be fun to watch the CCP have a cow, man.

[@pedrohenrique-et3fs]

chinese jesus

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@pedrohenrique-et3fs Chinese Moses, African Mohammed.

[@pedrohenrique-et3fs]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 make myiamoto musashi, a famous japanese samurai, as a brazilian half white/black and a big afro hair.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@dcelecr Who's gonna stop us?

[@chipjohnson9283]

I'm sure Hollywood would love a Scottish film of William Wallace being part Black, part German Shepherd and part Greek Goddess Aphrodite. 😔

[@alicjak700]

Nah - sounds too white - make him a trans man of black-asian descent 😂

[@CDMuffy]

you forgot part trans faerie princess to get the "intersectional-feminist" clout

[@harrygardener2979]

That's why it is a great idea to cast British Special Force agent 007 as a black or Asian person, cos you know - fictional character 🤨

[@harrygardener2979]

Or even better - Bond is a trans male person.

[@Hi-jw7oq]

They'd probably say something like "thats not part of your culture"

[@HrRezpatex]

Me and my friends had a great laugh when they made a very famous Norwegian Viking Håkon Jarl as a black woman that ruled a city in Denmark. This is a character almost all Scandinavians know very well.. And it become painfully clear that it was all about woke politics, and because of that it was impossible to keep looking at the serial. On top of that, Håkon Jarl was famous for believing in the Norse religion, and he was at war with Christianity. But in their attempt to rape our history, they made him a leader in a Danish city where they accepted all religions. Beside from the name, there was not a single thing about him that they did not turn up side down. Scandinavians are proud of their history, and we do not forget those who try to fake it for their own political agenda. And we know our history very well since we have it written down a very very long time back, some foreign people might even have heard about Viking saga`s... This have forced me to start making videos about Viking saga`s that will be true to the original story word for word, but this will take a long time since i am new to this. But they will come for sure. Not because i want to become a KZbinr or someone who make money on it, but because the Americans make me feel that someone MUST make some true content in between all their fake history. If i had the money and resources i would also make a lot of videos that specialised in faking the American history. For example making a video about how evil the black people there was, so the white people was forced to keep them as slaves.. Or making a documentary about Abraham Lincoln as a Chinese immigrant that ruled in Mexico and went to war with US to prevent the end of slavery. (Talking about the French.. You probably know the English propaganda about Napoleon as a tiny little man. The fact is that he was 2 centimeter taller then the average European at that time..) But as in most cases, the winner is the one that write the history most people agree to be the truth.. They often try to hide their political agenda behind wordings like (a documentary "with some artistic freedom").. And that will make most common people believe that it actually mostly is a documentary, even if the name is usually the only thing that is historically correct and absolutely everything else is a lie to promote their own modern political agenda.

[@suzybearheart530]

I'm dying that they actually considered Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman. That would have been insanely bad 😂

[@brusso456]

That would have been insanely funny.

[@Horusthebetrayer]

I kind of wish that they had made that film, just for the wacky hijinks that would have ensued

[@williammkydde]

I suspect that the producer had never heard about H. Tubman.

[@RambleOn07]

I'd actually watch that one.

[@p.d.l7023]

And funny! 😅

[@brunomachado9686]

I miss the days when they used to cast the actors because they were the best for the project. Those were the good days.

[@themindflayerst_]

As a history nerd and trained archaeologist I absolutely hate how historic people are being changed to suit modern audiences or be more acceptable. It totally misrepresents the history and it disgusts me how people are accepting of this. Gets me so angry :(

[@chasehedges6775]

The rule of 2023 and modern Hollywood: Destroy the past, control the future

[@Hiraghm]

"he who controls the past controls the future; he who controls the present controls the past" - George Orwell, "1984".

[@zenabal-sehli8223]

As an Egyptian, I can for sure tell you we are very loud people 😂😂 we don't like to be messed with so Egyptians reaction is actually the norm here 😂😂

[@evilstans]

I think it was rather tame by Egyption standards. Less fire and clubs than usual

[@wwozanewmusical]

what I don't understand is a did they film in Egypt? and if so, then the Egyptian government should have played the same role that argentine did with Evita who was played by Madana, and refused to let them film in certain places in Argentina and the crowds cursed her while they were filming. If its location shoots and most of these epic tv shows or movies are, the country's have the right to tell them to cast their people or get the hell pout of our country. I Would have told Jada and that Director to kick rocks and get the hell out and don't let the camels spit at you when you walk past them.

[@onlyonegod701]

how do you feel that an 'israeli' is playing cleopatra?

[@Kyntteri]

Can't wait to see Netflix's 'docuentary' about polar bears where we learn that someone's granny knows the true colour of their hair and doesn't care what anyone else says.

[@CazRaX]

Spoiler Alert! Their fur is transparent and their skin is black.

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

Lmao yeah ... Nevermind their white fur is essential to help them hunt. Put some spray on them and they will starve. Point well made.

[@fritskroon9285]

​@@CazRaXyep indeed lol

[@thomasleemullins4372]

Perhaps the point is that Netflix would have grizzly bears portray polar bears? Essentially black washing them? Yes polar bears have white translucent hair but dark skin (making them bi-racial?).

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

@@thomasleemullins4372 Lets be serious , most important thing is to know their pronouns right ? he/angry/killed me ? lol Yeah you're correct but as far as I know Grizzly is cousin of polar bear. Here in central Europe we have Ursa Minor , not so big 6 feet max standing on both legs if male and they are brown , didn't really check skin but nose is black yes. Imagine hiring Ursa Minor to play Gruzzly !!! Identity politics seems to be secular religion so I'll just feed them to the lions instead using pronouns. I don't have to talk to people who use pronouns and they can't make me. Let's hope madness ends before we get cyber middle ages. I'm not really that much religious but I respect all religions and people who are but man did religious in the West drop the ball. Instead preaching to young people harder they accept LGBTQ identity politics madness. That's a first time I know Christian church lost ideology "battle". As not religious person I'm not inclined to turn other cheek if I see biological man attacking women or older men I go Grizzly on them and sooner men realize this is our problem to deal with (with minimum of violence if possible) the better.

[@REPUBLIC-1776]

The fact that they continue to steal our historical & fictional characters tells us all we need to know

[@Panwere36]

We have the backstory and the historical proof that Cleopatra was of Macedonian extraction, as well as records telling that her line *_vehemently REFUSED to participate in interracial marriage_* . Also, really funny ad for Sheath!!

[@laisphinto6372]

seriously if someone is very very racist it would be dynasties , blood Relations is a massive thing and it oftentimes gets so extreme you marry only within the family and the ptolomys were so extreme they only married brother and sister. it doesnt get more race pure when hooking up with your brother. anyone who isnt in this specific narrow group would be an illegimentate bastard Offspring and doesnt get any heritage. we also know that ptolomy (and his advisors) tried to get rid of Cleopatra so that she doesnt rule egypt . if there was any tiny chance she wasnt a direct Offspring of the previous ptolomy and Cleopatra she wouldnt be even discussed to share the throne with ptolomy and never would be anything

[@Lisa-zi6hb]

*Greek Macedonian was her tribe not ethnicity

[@Panwere36]

@@Lisa-zi6hb , She still wasn't black.

[@andrewbeckman351]

Coming from an avid reader of ancient Egyptian culture for near 40 years of my life, I have read books that had pics of actual papyrus with pics of how they showed themselves and they were merely like a white person with a permanent tan. There were dark Africans in Egypt but they rarely left the palaces of the Pharoah, because they were usually gifts.

[@vorenge]

The only KZbin channel that I don't skip or fast forward the commercials, they always make me smile. A+ Sydney!

[@NickBR57]

Shout out The Metatron - there's a man who knows his history, particularly Roman and Greek, but also generally. The Metatron has spread his wings - and made it to Sydney's channel. Sydney always talks a lot of sense. So refreshing.

[@davidleatherwood6228]

You pretty much hit the nail on the head with the term "undermine". These examples and others aren't rewriting history, they're undermining it

[@m0t0b33]

they're trying to undermine pretty much everything and everybody these days... sexes, races, intelligence, integrity and decency, etc.

[@impposter560]

Its sad that 'Diverse' had just become shorthand for black, queer or female (or all three at once). Americans on the internet and in Hollywood are so embarrassing😭Please, other countries, most of us aren't that narrow minded or self centered! We appreciate you as you are, and as your history truly is! (Sidenote, I'm curious what historical figures other people would want to see in a big budget production. My top two at the moment would be Benedict Arnold and Toussaint Louverture. Played by appropriately cast actors, of course)

[@Sofasurfa]

Ooooo now then as a Brit, Benedict Arnold would be and interesting one, especially if we’ll researched.

[@murderoustendencies]

True, and as a white woman I'm often interested to notice that in settings where it's usually a white male and a white female it is generally the white female that gets replaced while the white dude gets to stay in place, albeit sometimes reduced to some bumbling idiot crying in a feotal position over a spider or smt.

[@Zolowicz1932]

Benedict Arnold would be great!!!

[@izuku9038]

Yeah I noticed the same thing too. Diversity means black woman. If they are straight, they always have to be in an interracial relationship with a white man. I just find it funny how people will complain about colonialism and European standards of beauty but then turn around and ensure black women in movies are in interracial relationships almost as if they trying to use white men to tell everyone else that black women are desirable.

[@frankebel7085]

Nailed it!

[@Kosakken]

Great clip, Sydney. Regarding your question of "does it matter?", my answer is clear: If it didn't much matter to real life culture, education and perception of history, they wouldn't do it!!

[@ChaoticYak1]

I tend to be a purist when it comes to film/TV depictions of pre-existing people, fiction or nonfiction. It really bugs me when a book I love with characters I enjoy is dramatically changed because "they're not real so it doesn't matter". Yes, it does matter. It matters a lot. The reason you chose to make that book into a movie is because people liked it AS IT WAS! They weren't reading it and thinking, "Boy this would be better if the main character wasn't a man." If they read the book and didn't enjoy the male main character, they wouldn't have continued reading it. Who has time to read stuff they don't enjoy? You don't change the characters and, while I make allowances for things in books that might be difficult to depict onscreen, you don't change the backgrounds. If you don't like who a character is or the canon of that book, then don't make it into a movie! When it comes to historical figures, if you claim to be presenting facts, then you had better be presenting historical facts. I don't accept random unsupported statements from my students when they write essays. You can't just have someone say, "Well, I imagine it this way." So what? Your imagination is not historical validity. Stop trying to steal other cultures' histories and embrace your own! And no, that doesn't mean you can't study other cultures. You should. I specialized in medieval Islam and ancient Greece and Rome. I'm not Muslim and I'm not from any of those places, but I love to learn about them. They are not my culture, but they are cultures that I appreciate and it really angers me when someone deliberately gets it wrong and then tries to claim that I'm the one who's wrong because I want the history to be correct.

[@ladycrystalr-u.s.a]

Absolutely. I believe much the same way. I hate Revisionism. Peeves me to no end.

[@truckshackley373]

'I like manly things like beer, my motorcycle, and my blower. Hey honey, you home?" had me howling 🤣 I got serious Ginger Billy vibes! Sydney does the best sponsorship ads

[@thisistrulyblank]

This is probably the only channel where I watch the sponsorship part. It's just as good as the main video itself. Big ups.

[@kneekoo]

So Hollywood seems to pick up world history, folklore and tales, sprinkle them with an overdose of the "current thing", then cover their ears shouting "Go watch the movie, then wait for our next great (s)hit."

[@ShadowV]

In the UK some museums are starting to re-write history in this way too. There's a great channel called History Debunked that often points out these atrocities

[@elioraimmanuel]

Which museums and in what manner are they doing this?

[@ShadowV]

@@elioraimmanuel Have a look at the History Debunked channel, he nicely explains things and gives links to the appropriate pages depending on the topic

[@ThMindFdr]

Your history is already rewritten and been reshaped, in literature and physically at sites.. Holy ballz, people still haven't figured this out, we are going through another layer of burial to hide the already hidden, that a small few people are trying to tell the world!!

[@blackfishblues]

Thanks for suggesting History Debunked, I'll check it out! I'm currently following another awesome historical channel, Metatron. He speaks softly, but has no time for fools. EDIT: I commented too soon! Sydney actually quoted Metatron, which is awesome.

[@BaughbeSauce]

@@blackfishblues OOOOH, I LOVE METATRON. He's so professional, concise, and sites his sources. Amazing guy.

[@frameshoot8567]

Personally I think Hollywood lacks the understanding that ppl just want good stories, with characters who are interesting and captivating. And most of all fun.

[@ShamliseG]

Doesn’t need to be fun, I see this this too often. It needs to be compelling.

[@frameshoot8567]

@@ShamliseG I agree 🥂

[@brandonjames412]

​@@ShamliseG It's so much easier to mail it in with pandering than it is to write something compelling and original. It's hard to fault them for taking the easy money.

[@radioflyer68911]

Incidentally we're rebooting Roots with Siamese twin albino dwarves as all the slaves. Our grandmother says she doesn't care what the textbooks say, it's perfectly historically accurate.

[@joaofarinha551]

The only issue I have with Gal Gadot's Cleopatra, is that she's too pretty to be her. The descriptions we actually have is that she was average looking. But she was very seductive and smart hence captivating Julius Ceaser and Mark Anthony. Keep in mind these men had seen all types of women trough their military campaigns. It had to be a captivating woman that could have seduced them.

[@dangerousalphabets5267]

Cleopatra was smart, charming and well educated but she wasn't described as beautiful. Plain looking with a somewhat big nose. I'm really amazed that she was all this after 270 years of marrying your siblings. All the other (like her brother) had features of this. Like bulging eyes and most of them were stark raving mad. I would like to see how much people would want to identify with other Ptolemies.

[@tariizm1500]

by middle eastern standards actually Gal Gadot is average looking too there is plenty of women look like her there

[@joaofarinha551]

@@pegamini7582 you couldn’t be more wrong. Julius Ceaser actually stopped his civil war for some time, just to spend time with her in Egypt. Mark Anthony basically used her influence to become governor of Egypt

[@howardhales6325]

All actors in American films are the best looking people, whether the character should be or not. Look at the beautiful young woman they cast as "Ugly Betty."

[@exomake_mehorololo]

The only descriptions we have are from the Romans who hated her and were discrediting her character 😂not very reliable

[@coolitten4937]

I think you also should have mantioned the lilo & stitch live action remake, where they casted a hawaiian actress for nani but people complained that she wasn't black enough and ended up losing her role

[@rey_nemaattori]

When you said 'appeal to modern audiences' I would swear I heard the delirious ghost of the Critical Drinker...

[@robinfox4440]

Gal Gadot is closer to the historical Cleopatra than Netflix's travesty of a production ever will be.

[@gazlator]

Absolutely so.

[@chheinrich8486]

I hope egypt is going the deny the people that made netflix cleopatra visas if they ever actually want to visit egypt, those people deserve to never Set foot in that country

[@ALK730]

Except she is an Israeli playing an Egyptian queen. From the Egyptian perspective that is a Jew who served in the Israeli military playing a Muslim. They do not care if the Muslim religion did not exist yet. There are many light skinned beautiful Egyptian actresses. Even a Turkish or a different Muslim county would have worked.

[@yasminni485]

@@ALK730 That shouldn't have anything to do with her performance as Cleopatra. She looks much closer to the real Cleopatra than Jada, that's for sure. Also, Israel is much closer geographically to Egypt than West Africa. Why does her religion matter? Cleopatra wasn't Muslim!

[@avyay9818]

@@ALK730 Um Cleopatra was Pagan. She followed the Ancient Greek and Egyptian gods. Islam and Arabic were spread by conquest to Egypt.

[@Discordie06]

19:21 this creature is the perfect example that mental institutions are not doing their business....

[@shaggygoatboy1125]

I've been saying this was gonna happen for years. It started with "historical fiction" (TV shows, videogames, movies): all presenting "revisioned" versions of "history" with lots of female warriors, incredibly diverse medieval nations, etc. And everytime someone called out the trend, people scoffed and said: "It's fiction. It doesn't have to be accurate!". I said it was only a matter of time before they moved to documentaries and attempted to revision ACTUAL history. And now here we are. Go on: try and deny there's an agenda, now.

[@skAhnaksA]

It started with Santa Claus a decade ago.

[@RonHutchCraft2]

Definitely Nailed It Sydney, Hollywood should cast as close as possible so the viewer can watch and learn something other than the narrative like historical facts! Heaven forbid.

[@ChaosStep]

This reminds me of when Corey Bumlog said "We made Angrboda black because her skin color doesn't matter" then said "We made Thor fat because it's lore accurate"

[@umokwhy2830]

Corey who?

[@ChaosStep]

@@umokwhy2830 balrog or sum, the guy that made god of war

[@umokwhy2830]

@@ChaosStep oh ok, yeah I was confused for a moment thinking you meant like marvel shit and I was so confused at first. But yeah these people are just hypocrites washing the white away, because they don't actually believe real African folklore or history could make interesting games/movies, so instead they just make changes to pre existing characters. It's basically trying to not be racist so hard they are in fact racist

[@BarnardArias]

Sydney I am somewhat new to your channel, but really enjoy it. I'm from Central America, Costa Rica, and your comments and analysis really resonate with me. Thank you for speaking out for so many of us in an intelligent way

[@racecruiser]

It's adorable how much love she puts in creating that hilarious men-underwear-ad.

[@fordshojoe8080]

Mfw inma grower not a shower 😳

[@paulanderson2963]

Massive respect to you for the care and reverence you showed that banana. No banana deserves to be treated like its just a piece of meat. Love that blower joke also, 10/10 for execution.

[@djwolfenstein]

As someone who loves history especially Ancient History this absolutely pains me because I love Ancient Egypt and its history and Netflix just shat all over that love and makes me hate it more

[@dudesayingthings]

Joan of Arc: Incredibly revolutionary for her time, symbol of hope for an entire nation, powerful feminist icon ALREADY. Modern "queer" writers: We need to IMAGINE things about her to make her interesting. The narcissism in modern media is killing everything good.

[@dudesayingthings]

@jacksmith6015 could you elaborate, like, at all?

[@MarkBolei]

I can't believe how many people don't realize Joan of Arc was a negro!

[@scottaaker5534]

The Sheath commercial had me laughing to the point that it was hard to breathe.😂 Well done Sydney

[@Scarecrow2311]

IKR ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DoormanDan88]

We just need a Tropic Thunder type movie and just race swap ALL of the major historical figures. Break some barriers and make people laugh.

[@richardhockey8442]

Can you imagine the controversy around this: 'Blazing Saddles II - Rednecks Revenge'

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

They could have a scene where a group of kkk members but they're all played by black actors. 😂

[@DoormanDan88]

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Dave Chappelle would have to be the leader

[@Peaceful_Zen_Life]

You are the only KZbinr that I actually listen to their sponsored ads, because I like your commercials.

[@TheSchultinator]

I see those casting choices and think 'What if this was a historical Sub-Saharan figure and they cast a white person? What a shitstorm that would cause."

[@ConservativeSatanist666]

At least the actors from The Mummy had me convinced that they were Egyptian looking enough for the parts. I'm failing to see how this is even trying..

[@scorpionruf]

They need to make laws that any historic recreation should be held to a standard of accuracy

[@taliesinhalliday]

A law wont work as the left will lie about historical facts.

[@victoriabrown4852]

I'm glad you included the Anne Boleyn race swap. That is when I started to take issue with this topic. Great coverage, thank you.

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

The whole Anne Boleyn thing looked absolutely ridiculous. What an atrocious warping of history that was. If the shoe was on the other foot, we'd been able to hear the screeching in the next neighbouring solar system, not to mention entire cities would burn the same day.

[@a.d.clarke4990]

19:41 ffs Joan of Arc was a religious and military figure. She wore male attire to travel because France at the time was a war zone and it wasn’t exactly safe for unaccompanied young women. **SIGHS HEAVILY**

[@sparksmacoy]

Great video as usual. Metatron is a true scholar and a genius, I feel he should at least have his own history museum.

[@-Master_Of_Disaster]

I can't describe my distaste and frustration about this stuff in words. I'll never watch any of those movies or series myself. As a history buff I'm not able to coop with such miscasts.

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

As someone who even knows something about history neither can I. On top of it most people don't like it but they don't know why. Way to piss of everyone I guess.

[@stevenmaswabi-zz9kt]

We have mountains of evidence and books that cover our history. Rome was large but it was largely ruled by white men. Yes their were black roman citizens but Rome was ruled and founded by people with fair skin.

[@isaiahjones9528]

To make my response very simple and this is coming from a black man, I see it like this LEAVE WHITE PEOPLE'S HISTORY ALONE AND LEAVE PEOPLE OF COLOR HISTORY ALONE!!!! I do not believe race swapping or gender swapping historical people to fit a narrative or to be inclusive with a culture that was not. I believe that a actor or actresses nationality doesn't matter when playing a historical role as long as they do it correctly and that they are of that race or skin tone. if people use a real French man who is respectable to play as Napoleon it would be good because since they are French and can do a accent easier and make it more real while playing a real French historical individual. People in society need to stop playing a pancake with stuff like this, we know it's wrong for a white person to play a black or brown person in history it should be the same for other people of color. I am a black and I do not believe that this should be allowed, a black person playing as someone who we know is not black is wrong, or have people of color involved in a historical movie and culture that is known to not have them in reality. There were no black people in Norway during the Viking Age or Medieval Europe. Same thing goes for changing a historical persons sexual orientation, why make a person non-binary when that did not exist for that culture or that time period?

[@marcellocabrera4619]

Thanks for the video...!! I totally agree with you 100/100!!! I took the liberty of sharing your video on Facebook to reach as many people as possible...!!! Thank you once again and keep up the great work 🙏🫶

[@Erik_Wolfe]

The ad she did earlier just cracked me up about the boxer briefs, "For man-pickle and dingleberries"!

[@lynz223]

Thank goodness she's back with her hell gondola! All aboard! Missed your work, Syd. Not capable yet to afford a membership but its coming.

[@micheleosullivan4430]

It's important not to revise or change true historical events. When they swap the race of a historical figure or reimagine events with phrases like 'could have' or 'maybe,' it not only disrespects the person and their culture but also promotes historical revisionism. Unfortunately, many significant historical facts are left out of the education curriculum. As a result, people who don't learn about specific past events end up with a distorted understanding of history. This creates a worrying trend of ignorance and sets a bad example for how we should approach historical accuracy. Thank you for the great commentary!

[@themittonmethod1243]

good topic! i recall a quote (cannot recall to whom it is attributed): "he who controls the present, controls the past. he who controls the past, controls the future." cheers!

[@DevilTrojanChic]

I ultimately say appearance and ability to play the role should be the only gatekeepers. But that could be because I'm not obsessed with any actor enough to know their nationality (British vs Irish vs German vs American vs Australian, Egytpian vs Greek, African vs Jamacan vs Haitian, Chinese vs Japanese vs Korean, etc...). If they look close enough to the role (white, black, brown, tan, etc...) and can perform it, leave it be.

[@romchompa6858]

They should always make a serious attempt at representing the character based on a real historical person as close as possible especially in looks.

[@jmal]

I've said this many times: Barring video games (or Choose Your Own Adventure-style books) where they allow you to insert yourself in the story, if a character, especially a real-life historical figure, has to look like you to be able to relate to them, then you're a sociopath, plain and simple.

[@digamas719]

When you look at the historical paintings & statues of Cleopatra, the reality is that you, yes YOU Sydney look more like that lady than the girl in the movie.

[@raedgaj3878]

I have to agree Digamas, Sydney does have an uncanny resemblance to Cleo. I think Gal has an amazing screen presence, so good to go with her.

[@hawkdsl]

If you keep your dollars in your pocket, you will be amazed at how effective it is.

[@gaffstompr2]

I find it interesting that this rarely happens with historical villans.. I wonder how people would feel about swapping out Hitler, Pol Pot or Idi Amin. Would they argue against detractors?

[@woodrick88]

Gran Torino is an vastly underrated film.

[@MattOsbun]

10:25 "Rather than anything nefarious" It has fallen out of fashionable morality to not assume something is nefarious.

[@jamosss]

As an African, it's so annoying when people can't get it right that we aren't exclusively black people. White Africans exist and what's more, we have a diverse color pallette. Americans once again showing their lack of knowledge of history or the effort that goes into making something as accurate as they can. Also things like this are why I lowkey get annoyed when black people say "the motherland" or "our roots" when they don't acknowledge this simple and basic fact😂😂😂

[@duckeh1952]

Yeah i think ignorance is best describing Americans (amd Hollywood) viewing rest of the world. Like.. if you think ot Northern African, small sea between it and Europe and ships were way to travel... Ofc there was traffic and marriages between them. People wandering,moving, bought and sold. One, for me, interesting historic thing is that when slave market was big (1600s) and Crimea was the spot for selling slaves not only black africans were brought there to be sold, but also whites from the north (Finland and sweden). The best price were people who were most black.. or most whilte with blue eyes ans blonde hair. So high demand that those kids (usually kids) disappearee before marketplace. We always joke that no matter what happened and wher, there was always a Finn included.

[@daexion]

It isn't all Americans and it isn't a lack of knowledge of history it's simply that the people responsible for this simply don't care and want to push their agenda, consequences be damned.

[@falconlore9666]

@@daexion Thank you I wanted to say that as well. I am American, I understand that I don't know everything and I do not believe everything or almost anything I see the the movies. I have read documentary's and biography's and then seen movies depicting the subject mater and usually find them slightly off up to not even in the same realm of reality. So I ask people in general to stop painting all Americans with the same brush of Hollywood and the absolutely insane vocal minority that the rest of us dispise as well.

[@jamosss]

@@daexion well, that's true(I myself am an American by nationality). But it's a common issue many foreigners and fellow Americans alike run into nonetheless. Both of our statements can be true at the same time

[@freedomcat]

​@@duckeh1952indie studios are gonna rise due to the strike.

[@guntgunderson2829]

I mean at this point I would love to see Julia Roberts play Harriot Tubbman, just for the rage induction factor

[@MrGlenspace]

Now Snow White is black and the dwarfs are not even dwarfs. Enough already. Being on strike is the best news and hopefully it lasts a while. Maybe they will start making good movies.

[@gifthorse3675]

Ariel is black even though the sun doesn’t reach the bottom of the ocean

[@skAhnaksA]

​@@gifthorse3675Jake from State Farm turned colored over night.

[@fatelamore]

Hi, Sydney, another wonderful, intelligent post on today's woes. Bravo. I love all your commentaries - and you, of course. You are the most conscious/aware person, dare I say woman, on the internet.

[@TheFallenAngelWhoWas]

When diversity matters more than historical truth.

[@nefariouspersephone9447]

its not even diversity. its just black ppl saying they are more important