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Race row erupts over casting of Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra
dailymail.co.uk ^ | June 17, 2010 | Sophie Forbes

Posted on 06/17/2010 8:16:48 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

She hasn't even been officially confirmed as having the role, but Angelina Jolie is already receiving criticism over her possible portrayal of the legendary Queen of the Nile.

Jolie, who turned 35 last week, is caught up in a racially charged debate over whether the role should of been played by a black woman.

The Egyptian royal was most famously portrayed Elizabeth Taylor in 1963.

The new film's producer, Scott Rudin, previously told USA Today the role is being developed with Angelina in mind as she has 'the perfect look'.

But this statement has angered members of the African American community.

An Essence Magazine online story asks, 'Another White Actress to Play Cleopatra?'

'Honestly, I don't care how full Angelina Jolie's lips are, how many African children she adopts, or how bronzed her skin will become for the film, I firmly believe this role should have gone to a black woman.'

Jolie adopted her daughter Zahara,5, from Ethiopia and gave birth to Shiloh,3, in Namibia. She also has 3 other children with partner, Brad Pitt. Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 2.

'Were Vanessa Williams, Halle Berry and Thandie Newton unavailable for auditions that day?' the writer continued.

'Why does Hollywood think it’s even slightly plausible to cast white women in roles that would be more sensible to cast a black actress for? Especially when that role is an African queen.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Free ThinkerNY
This is an outrage /s

41 posted on 06/17/2010 8:29:22 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Clock King

Okay the Macedonian Ptolemies had been there for 300 years, but Cleopatra (VII) was the first to bother to learn to speak Egyptian. Hardly "gone native".

42 posted on 06/17/2010 8:29:59 PM PDT by Vide
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To: Pan_Yan
'Jet Li"

LOL

43 posted on 06/17/2010 8:30:13 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

“This is who should play Cleopatra...”

Wow; I’m glad the Helen Thomas picture didn’t show up after that line.
Whew...


44 posted on 06/17/2010 8:30:15 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("And for that matter what do we REALLY know about HereInTheHeartland?")
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I guess these idiots never studied History...Cleopatra was of Macedonian descent. She was descended from Ptolemy I, A general who served under Alexander the Great. He appointed himself a King after the death of Alexander.

What else would you expect from self-absorbed racist Morons...


45 posted on 06/17/2010 8:30:28 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Coins of Antony and Cleopatra (in that order, 'cause it's kind of hard to tell)

46 posted on 06/17/2010 8:30:41 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Racist....and uneducated, ignorant....bastards. Who cares.


47 posted on 06/17/2010 8:31:02 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: Clemenza
"The only black Cleopatra had the surname Jones. She was a hottie too."

Are you talking about Miss Cleo?

48 posted on 06/17/2010 8:31:42 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You’d think the row would be over the making of another stupid Cleopatra movie.


49 posted on 06/17/2010 8:32:37 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
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To: DJ MacWoW

If Cleopatra was a Macedonian Greek that means she was a white girl! Don’t tell that to the diverse ones because they’ll get upset.


50 posted on 06/17/2010 8:33:16 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Clock King

51 posted on 06/17/2010 8:34:26 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: Free ThinkerNY


1,800-year-old Egyptian Portrait

1,800-year-old Egyptian Portraits on show at Tokyo's Louvre-DNP Project
52 posted on 06/17/2010 8:34:32 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Here is a pic of a couple of Macedonian women.


53 posted on 06/17/2010 8:35:34 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine; Clemenza
Tamara Dobson, your agent is on line 2. . . .


54 posted on 06/17/2010 8:35:54 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Who do they want?
Queen Latifah.....


55 posted on 06/17/2010 8:36:25 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Hollywood math?


56 posted on 06/17/2010 8:37:14 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: txhurl
Who’s slated for Marc A.?

Morgan Freeman.
You can't make a movie nowadays without Morgan Freeman in there somewheres. :-P

57 posted on 06/17/2010 8:37:32 PM PDT by uglybiker (BACON!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The new film's producer, Scott Rudin, previously told USA Today the role is being developed with Angelina in mind as she has 'the perfect look'.

What's Mr Rudin's opinion on the black actor cast to portra "Thor?"

58 posted on 06/17/2010 8:38:18 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Then they won’t call me a racist if I don’t appreciate black Madonna & child depictions?


59 posted on 06/17/2010 8:38:32 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: 6SJ7

Neither of them are much to look at.


60 posted on 06/17/2010 8:39:30 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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