Cleopatra as The Little Mermaid

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From Henry II (born 1133) until George I (born 1660), monarchs’ average lifespan was fifty years. But when including childhood mortality of royals, average life expectancy was hardly better than that of commoners tilling fields in Sussex—the high 20s to low 30s—with little to no improvement over these years. Roughly 60 percent of royal children died before the age of five—a rate worse than their subjects.

Cleopatra as The Little Mermaid

There is wisdom in the world's observations of this country. This is from Faisal Abbas' wonderfully titled "Queen Cleopatra is not the Little Mermaid"

The only issue is that Netflix labeled the series as a “docudrama”. This by default means viewers expect it to be as factually accurate as possible. Given that all we know of Cleopatra suggest she was of Macedonian-Greek origins, she would have more accurately been played by a white actress. (So, not even an Arab would have been the most accurate for the role).

This by the way is not my personal view, but it is the informed opinion of Dr. Zahi Hawass, a world’s leading expert on Egyptology. He recently penned a column for Arab News summarizing all the historic evidence that Cleopatra was, in fact, of European — not African — origin.
“Cleopatra was many things, and well deserving of having her story told to modern audiences, but one thing she most definitely was not was black,” he said.

The problem — at least from our perspective — seems to be an intentional attempt to drag a glorified, historical Egyptian icon into the muddy waters of current US divisions.

Director, Tina Gharavi, insinuated ..[the political nature]...in a column for Variety magazine two days ago confessing that the casting was indeed political.
“Doing the research, I realized what a political act it would be to see Cleopatra portrayed by a black actress,” she wrote.
“The hunt was on to find the right performer to bring Cleopatra into the 21st century,” she added.

Excuse me? Cleopatra is believed to have reigned over Egypt between 51 BC and 30 BC — that is where she belongs. If you bring her into the 21st century, then it no longer is a docudrama, but a parody and you might as well have her wearing jeans and a pair of sneakers!