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Race row erupts over casting of Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra
Daily Mail ^
| June 17, 2010
| Sophie Forbes
Posted on 06/18/2010 4:13:24 AM PDT by C19fan
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?'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; angelinajolie; black; cleopatra; cleopatravii; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; jolie
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To the ignoramus Essence magazine: Cleopatra was Greek. Her ancestor was a general under Alexander the Great and became pharaoh of Egypt.
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:13:24 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:15:17 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: C19fan; null and void
Macedonian. Silly Macedonians, they think there’s a difference between Greek and Macedonian. (grin)
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:15:29 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:16:05 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: C19fan
Eqyptians DO NOT consider themselves black! They had black SLAVES!
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:19:49 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: C19fan
I just hope Jolie doesn’t bring back that awful accent she used while portraying Olympia in the movie Alexander.
To: C19fan
what else can the racist get riled up about?
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:22:22 AM PDT
by
dalebert
To: C19fan
But this statement has angered members of the African American community. Who are these members? Why do they remain nameless? I want to know them by name so that I can laugh in their face because they are STUPID.
Read your HISORY, you bunch of Dumb Sh*ts!
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:24:58 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Socialism: Subsidizing Chaff at the expense of Wheat)
To: C19fan
If I could decide, I would hire a Korean actress just to piss them off.
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:25:05 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: C19fan
you confuse facts with politics
common error
this is not a dream
the idiots really are in charge
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:26:44 AM PDT
by
kralcmot
(my tagline died with Terri)
To: C19fan
These ignoramouses don’t even know Cleopatra from Nefertiti.
To: 2harddrive
Eqyptians DO NOT consider themselves black! They had black SLAVES!
My 6th grade publik skool teacher, black lady, believed wholeheartedly that Egyptians were black. She was a racist to the core.
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:27:48 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: C19fan
Egyptians appear to be more middle-eastern than black.
Hosny Mubarak
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:30:02 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: TSgt
Why did you get a white man to portray Mubarak in that picture. Are you racist too? [Me? Sarcastic?]
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:33:50 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: C19fan
A black woman? *sigh* what ignorance... Cleopatra was part of the Ptolemaic line.
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:36:11 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
To: TSgt
One of them has too many clothes on for a fair comparison....
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:37:03 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Democrats expedite the Destruction of America)
To: Pollster1
Hosny Mubarak, putting the ‘Ankh’ into ‘Ankh-el Tom’ LOL.
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:37:50 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
To: Pollster1
Here is, Ahmed Nazif, the acting president of Egypt.
Darn! I did it again! Another white guy playing a black guy's part! Shame on me! ;-)
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:40:15 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: C19fan
DNA studies move ahead on all fronts. No doubt there will be a definitive answer in the long run.
There's been a cottage industry in "black studies" over the question of whether or not the Greek's had African ancestry of course, but that's not quite what is driving this particular issue.
Mummies are available for analysis and as Ptolamy family members are identified, the question of Cleopatra's ancestry can be dealt with.
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posted on
06/18/2010 4:42:56 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
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