Runway 27,876 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Critics say an Arab or African actress should play the ancient Egyptian queen. "First of all if you want to be true to the facts then Cleopatra was Macedonian," the Wonder Woman actress told BBC Arabic's Sam Asi. "We were looking for a Macedonian actress that could fit Cleopatra. She wasn't there, and I was very passionate about Cleopatra." In 2008, Egyptologist Sally Ann Ashton from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge created a reconstruction of her face from images on ancient artefacts. It showed her with mixed ethnicity. "She probably wasn't just completely European," Dr Ashton told The Daily Mail at the time . "You've got to remember that her family had actually lived in Egypt for 300 years by the time she came to power." https://www.google.com.mx/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55409187 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runway 27,876 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Miss Gaga really dodged a bullet didn’t she Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regina George 59,387 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Cleopatra was a white macedonian/greek woman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadikaado 4,302 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Talking about Cleopatra reminded me about the incest thread. The Ptolomaic family was something crazy! Cleopatra married two of her brothers. I am authistic, so don't be offended if I make a mess sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyniildisk 12,689 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 everybody already move on and forgot about it and they r reigniting the fire again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 148,959 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadikaado 4,302 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Just now, Dulo Peep said: everybody already move on and forgot about it and they r reigniting the fire again Any promo is good promo, cis! I am authistic, so don't be offended if I make a mess sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadikaado 4,302 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Just now, 777777777777777777 said: Xuxa!! I am authistic, so don't be offended if I make a mess sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyaway 15,350 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Cleopatra was a New York singer-songwriter who wrote some classical tunes like Stupid Love and Sour Candy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyniildisk 12,689 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Just now, Kadikaado said: Any promo is good promo, cis! yes sistern but they could save their arguments for when the promo would be actually helpaful, aka weeks prior to the premiere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,106 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 This is like dumb people demanding actual intelligent people to be dumb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUtterfield 8 41,385 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Isn’t she an Israel supporter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 minute ago, BUtterfield 8 said: Isn’t she an Israel supporter? Isn't she from Israel? End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 55,730 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, Runway said: "She probably wasn't just completely European," Dr Ashton told The Daily Mail at the time . "You've got to remember that her family had actually lived in Egypt for 300 years by the time she came to power." https://www.google.com.mx/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55409187 It doesn't really matter how much they lived in that area if they kept the lineage fully Greek. Cleopatra's identity as a ruler was linked to her Greek lineage so it's not like she got accustomed to Egyptian society or customs so she became Egyptian ''culturally''. In the end, as it's the case with all Mediteranean people they aren't fully one thing. Southern Europeans (people living in the southern regions of Spain, Sicily, the south of the Italic Peninsula and Greece) have some North African admixture, and the natives of Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt aren't what most people would call the black race either. So arguing about race should portray Cleoaptra doesn't really fully make sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 People really need history lessons before they get offended for casting roles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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