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'Queen Cleopatra' Star Dismisses Egyptian Complaints About Docuseries' Race-Swapping: "Blackwashing Isn't A Thing"

posted 2 years ago by Evoken (1421)
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Though there has been a loud backlash from Egyptian nationals – including the country’s government itself – towards Netflix’s race-swapping of their history for Queen Cleopatra, the docuseries’ star Adele James cares little for any of it, as she believes that all of it is based on nothing more than a mix of self-hatred and, of course, racism.

Link: https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/05/11/netflixs-queen-cleopatra-star-adele-james-dismisses-egyptian-complaints-about-docuseries-race-swapping-blackwashing-isnt-a-thing/

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Talk about being dismissive.

[–] Mustang (5568) 2 years ago

Isn't Adele being errr racist then?

She's going to go the same way as the big black woman from that terrible all female Ghostbusters reboot.

[–] Xcalat3 (3754) 2 years ago

"Blackwashing Isn't A Thing"

I'm sure she has not seen any movie or tv show made in the last decade or so. What a moron.

[–] Stratego (31049) 2 years ago

"Blackwashing Isn't A Thing"

Well, that's a lie. It's certainly become a thing this century.

[–] distroy (281) 2 years ago

Yeah, it's the new black...

[–] LanceDance (1385) 2 years ago

Then neither is whitewashing.

[–] Evoken (1421) 2 years ago

No, you see whitewashing is real
and bad because “white privilege” or something.

[–] rnmboon (448) 2 years ago

Not only is it "a thing" but it is even a hype.

[–] fc31 (6077) 2 years ago

So neither Egyptian public nor Egyptian academics have a say about their own culture?