Controversial documentary Cleopatra just gave Netflix their “Bud Light” wakeup call…

Revolver ^ | May 15, 2023

[Red Badger]

CleoCATra?......................

[golux]

I re-watched the 1963 film recently with my children and was deeply delighted to be reminded of what a truly great movie it really is.

The 1963 film is:

- Beautifully acted, showing a real decline in Antony, the complexities of the Queen, and much about what made Julius such an important figure,

- Magnificently costumed and designed,

- Quite accurate, to my knowledge, in for instance then Battle of Actium,

- Best of all, a true spectacle of a film!

As an added great, NO CUSS WORDS and PLENTY sexy despite lack of nudity or anything that might make it inappropriate for children.

It is a triumph and worth a long watch with family and friends, FRiends!

golux

[Red Badger]

I’ve never seen a Greek woman........................

[noiseman]

The indisputable fact is that the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa have almost nothing to show for their entire history on this Earth. They never advanced beyond tribalism and pagan superstition, other than a certain level of modernization that was bestowed on some of those countries via colonization. The notable exceptions are all individuals who took advantage of the advanced civilization of the western world. This is why they’re constantly trying to appropriate the achievements of other civilizations for themselves.

[Red Badger]

B-B-but they could fly when they built the pyramids!...............

[mykroar]

Cleopetra

[bwest]

I’m a fan of Isaac Asimov and The Foundation Trilogy (+). When Apple TV announced a Foundation series I was thrilled. Unfortunately, predictably, they ruined it with woke rewrites. I turned it off after 20 minutes.

[mewzilla]

Anyone else wondering if Hollyweird now exists to launder money for Deep State...

[Jamestown1630]

It was a spectacle and fascinating; but I find it really dated now and too very ‘Hollywood’ of its time.

After these 60 years, I’d like to see a new version, if it didn’t strive to be ‘woke’.

[RainMan]

Not sure where that came from. She was good looking enough to get both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.

[katana]

Opera star Maria Callas may have been closer to the mark. Small stature, Greek, with a large nose as a defining facial feature. Extreme intelligence and the legendary wealth of Ptolemaic Egypt were attraction enough for at least two Romans. But she sure as Hell wasn't black. Not even truly Egyptian.

Even today you'll see people on the streets of Cairo with features unlike most Arabs, much less sub-Saharan Africans. People who look like they walked out of a tomb fresco and put on modern clothing. And like actors Omar Sherif and Rami Malek, likely as not Coptic Christians.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Miss Cleo

[MinorityRepublican]

If Netflix wanted to be woke, they should have gone with Halle Berry.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The Critical Drinker took a flame thrower to this.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**** but had enough other skills to keep adversaries at bay.***

Her other skills....WOW! If I mentioned them on FB I might get 30 days in FB jail whereas Free Republic would just have the moderator remove them.

She was known amongst the Roman Senate as “The Gaper”.

[PIF]

In another historical first, the TV series “Queen Charlotte” features 2 black women. Young Charlotte - India Amarteifio & Older Charlotte - Golda Rosheuvel

Is there any historical figure that is not Black?

[Bullish]

What else would anyone expect from a racist idiot like Jada Pinkett Smith anyway?

[silverleaf]

Be sure to tune into PBS this week when Richard III returns as a black woman

[JonPreston]

Word in the slums is that Netflix just picked up Spike Lee’s Lincoln documentary, “Abe from Harlem”.

[Jamestown1630]

What she was really good at was Seduction. There’s a lot more to that than mere physical beauty.

(Those men could probably have had any beautiful woman they wanted, and merely beautiful women are often boring in the long run.)

What they really loved was Power.