#cleopatra smith

[mossdogs]

my takes on the clones (+ scudworth and mr b) in the future :)

yapping under the cut

joan works as a director on her experimental arthouse films, which she shows at festivals. even though they aren't very successful, they managed to attract a few niche audiences. when she isn't working on her movies, she makes ends meet at hot topic. in senior year of high school, she and confucius decided to try things again, and both got married a few decades later (oh and also, she got her psylly legs cured!)

abe got a degree in history and works as a high school history teacher. he tried to get into law school in an attempt to live up to his clonefather but dropped out as soon as he realized that it wasn't for him. he gained a lot more confidence that his teen self, and even fixed his posture (would you look at that!)

jfk was at his peak when he played college football, managing to get into a few amateur yet prestigious leagues. now he works as a coach to younger (and sometimes irritatingly inexperienced) teams. he moved with abe to big city usa after they got married.

cleo began working as a model taking advantage of the fact that she's a clone of queen cleopatra (although people don't think it's literal). she went through a few plastic surgeries because she couldn't bear the thought of aging, even if they aren't that noticeable (still). she goes as far as dyeing her hair at least twice a week (grey hairs are for ugly old people, which she isn't!) and follows the same skincare routine she did as a teen, hence why she looks like she hasn't aged that much.

gandhi got thawed out approximately 30 years after the others did when one of the janitors accidentally broke the thermostat of the meat locker. if adapting to the 2020's was hard for the clones then 2053 is no easy task either. what happens after he gets out? i have no idea

harriet was an actress in a few plays for a while and even got to stage twister: the game: the musical at a local theatre, which recieved mixed reviews but got people talking for a while nonetheless. she lost touch with pretty much everybody else except for joan and frida: the three still hang out whenever they can.

confucius pretty much had his whole life sorted out after graduation: he was going to enjoy his foster parents' fortune and not go to college. however, his plans quickly went south when jernice and archibald were tragically mauled by a bear while attempting to hunt it, leaving their inheritance to confucius' foster sister. he works as a computer technician and sometimes helps his wife with her films. he occasionally phones jfk to chat for a bit, since the two remained pretty close.

frida went to art school and works as a painter, doing commissions and selling her art. she had a band on her youth with her college friends, where she was the lead singer and guitarist. after she and cleo moved out from exclamation, they adopted two cats and a xoloitzcuintle dog named señor xólotl, who is like a child to them

topher and the bleacher creatures became incredibly popular after cloney island was destroyed, given that villain village was a success. they received offers to perform in movies, series and attend interviews: people were fascinated by them. their fame was quickly cut short when a brand new, much better texas themed park was build where cloney island once was a few years later, stealing all the attention from them. topher now works as a janitor in clone high. when he isn't removing gum from under tables or unclogging toilet pipes, he spends time on his computer accompanied by his four therapy possums. he still hangs out with the bleacher creatures and they all make the lives of the most insufferable students miserable, just to lighten up his work a bit. some students who were littering reported snakes coming out of their lockers and biting them, and they never knew why.

scudworth and mr b live in a retirement home. the only one who visits them is joan, who sometimes phones or visits them whenever she's in town. because of this, scudworth has developed some resignation towards the others, which he spills out to mr b on an almost daily basis. despite this, deep down he misses them a lot and wishes he could see them.

the first pic's quality is dogshit on mobile for some reason so here's some closeups:

[anewgayeveryday]

Today's LGBT+ Character is;

Frida Kahlo and Cleopatra 'Cleo' Smith from Clone High-Lesbian and Bisexual Respectively

Requested by Anon

Status; Alive and Dating

[unhelpfultarot]

The Empress and Seven of Cups

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.

[green-ajah]

Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 - 2001) ⤷ Fave Female Characters

[thepromiscuousfinger]

An Egyptian lawyer has filed a case with the Public Prosecutor to close the Netflix platform after the trailer of “Queen Cleopatra" was released, which depicts the Greek historical figure as a black-skinned woman.

According to Egypt Independent, Mahmoud al-Semary demanded that all legal measures be taken against those responsible for the documentary and the management of the streaming platform for its participation in “this crime.” He also called for an investigation and for Netflix to be blocked in Egypt.

The case said that the documentary promotes Afrocentrism that is widely spread on social media, which have slogans and writings aimed at distorting and obliterating the Egyptian identity.

The complaint continued addressing Public Prosecution: "In order to preserve the Egyptian national and cultural identity among Egyptians all over the world and take pride in it, and to consolidate the spirit of belonging to the homeland, and accordingly we ask and seek you to take the necessary legal measures against this platform."

It demanded stopping broadcasts showing all works aimed at obliterating and distorting the Egyptian identity, through films aimed at falsifying and distorting history in Egypt.

The complaint accused makers of the documentary and platform management of forgery.

A Netflix docudrama series that depicts Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in Egypt. A lawyer has filed a complaint that accuses African Queens: Queen Cleopatra of violating media laws and aiming to "erase the Egyptian identity". A top archaeologist insisted Cleopatra was "light-skinned, not black". But the producer said "her heritage is highly debated" and the actress playing her told critics: "If you don't like the casting, don't watch the show." Jada Pinkett Smith, the American actress who was executive producer and narrator, was meanwhile quoted as saying: "We don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know those stories because there are tons of them!" But when the trailer was released last week many Egyptians condemned the depiction of Cleopatra. (x)

[mogwai-movie-house]

[i-am-aprl]

How on earth Jada Pinkett Smith wants to convince the world that this

Is in fact lookin like this

Jada Pinkett Smith... CLEOPATRA WASN'T AFRICAN!!! SHE'S GREEK!!!

[blackinperiodfilms]

Queen Cleopatra | Official Trailer | Netflix

Season two of docuseries African Queens will feature Cleopatra, the world’s most famous, powerful, and misunderstood woman -- a daring queen whose beauty and romances came to overshadow her real asset: her intellect. Cleopatra’s heritage has been the subject of much academic debate, which has often been ignored by Hollywood. Now our series re-assesses this fascinating part of her story.  Jada Pinkett Smith as executive producer. 

The Queen Cleopatra documentary series premiere on May 10, 2023.

[padawan-historian]

This could seriously be a whole video essay series cause many folks raised in the Global North (Western-oriented countries and communities) will frame all history as a matter of black/white events when, in actuality, history is informed by our indigenous, immigrant, and diaspora pasts and their present day afterlives.

I'll keep my thoughts about executive director Pinkett's spiritual bypassing on private for now, BUT I will say this: Egypt is a part of Africa and Africa belongs in our garden of history cause there are enough miracles, memories, and magic across our African histories and their cultures that we don't have to produce miseducated docuseries that try to pass as Pan-African history pieces or afrofuturist reimagings (when in actuality they are just reinventing bougie versions of well-worn imperial histories).

[darkfrog24]

Wouldn’t it be funny if the new Netflix Cleopatra documentary by Jada Pinkett Smith DID show Berenice usurping the throne from Ptolemy XII, DID show Arsinoe’s uprising and imprisonment, DID show that the Great Library was more of a university but kind of in decline, DID show that Caesar probably seduced her during the siege of the city in which they worked together closely, DID show Cleopatra lending a navy and running the most organized economy until the USSR and a cosmopolitan city with ethnic Egpytians, Greeks, and the biggest population of Jews outside Judea therefore making it the most historically accurate Cleopatra thing of all time even though the actor playing her does not look Macedonian?

[srytodisturb]

What’s up with Netflix trying to blackwash Egyptian history? and Americans trying to school me about my own history and culture when they’ve never been out of their own state???

[redvelvetwishtree]

the netflix casting issue about cleopatra made me think of how all the race issues that w0kE western media feels very proud of addressing tend to center around western/american race politics and those people somehow think that their woke and "representative" moves will be accepted by allll POC in the world. everyone outside of the west is tired of it though. forcing in african-americans/british or some other western actor everywhere really isn't treated as the cool woke thing that western people think it is. there are other POC too and no one needs netflix or other western media people teaching everyone how they should be represented. the director sounded so self-righteous and guilt-tripping with whatever she said/tweeted.

kinda reminded me of how some actress from the woman king straight up said something like if you're not watching this movie you are sending out the message that you don't support poc or women or whatever like ???? how does everyone still think this is a cool woke thing? same with how all chronically online wokes expect a pat on the back when they hate on a perfectly fine show or movie for its lack of representation. it wasn't needed. most certainly not if you have to force it in. it's ridiculous at this point.

I think once people realise that it's just people who stay online all day that make this noise and are quite out of touch with real life, they'll stop pandering to these politically correct views (all of which are based off of what chronically online western people on twitter, tumblr, reddit decide is right or wrong)

[judyelsayegh]

My Egyptian take on Netflix's Cleopatra's Documentary Series:

Background Information:

Jada Smith is doing a 4 part documentary series on Netflix

The documentary is about African Queens

The 1st part/season of this series was about Queen Njinga (3.6/10 Imbd - 88% rotten tomatoes)

The second part/season of this series will be about Cleopatra

The series depictes Cleopatra (as well as other members of the court it seems) as being of black descent

Egyptians aren't happy/disagree with this portrayal (One Egyptian lawyer is taking legal action against Netflix)

I highly recommend you watch the trailer of the documentary, Jada's response, and Piers Morgan's interview with Bassem Yussef to catch you up on the conversation.

My opinion:

I'm against this documentary; factually, it's inaccurate, and in more human/feelings/social context, it really hurts me as an Egyptian. In this post, I'll actually be tackling the later; I feel there are a lot of people who tackled the factual side already.

I get that this situation happening close (time wise) to the Little Mermaid being Black conversation has made people more inclined to attack Egyptians for their disagreement (Prime Example: Daily Show Host, Dulcé Sloan's take). But the situation is alot more nuanced than that.

The importance and valid reason for why Ariel from The Little Mermaid being played by a Black actress was that:

The Little Mermaid is a fictional story and mermaids aren't real, so there's no scientific/historic inaccuracies being committed in changing the character's race.

Representation; young Black girls deserve to see themselves represented on the screen as much as their white counterparts.

Now applying the same two reasons to the Cleopatra situation won't work because this is a documentary series. Its purpose is educational; therefore, it should be as accurate as possible.

As for representation; I think it's lazy. This docu-series' whole premise is to tell African Queens' stories, and instead of choosing to tell the untold stories of actual 4 African Queens, they chose to tell the overdone story in Hollywood of the famous name of the Greek Queen who rule Egypt.

Aside from it being lazy "RePrEsEnTaTiOn", it's a little hypocritical. It's saying that anything of value or fame that happened in Africa was directly linked to Black people; completely erasing the MENA region countries.

Why don't we as Egyptian have the right to tell our own stories? Why don't we get representation, too? Why are our stories being told wrong by uneducated and selfish people in search of quick money to equally uneducated mob trained to automatically attack without actually processing the criticism being said. You claim you want equality and diversity until it isn't about you!

[gwiazdaerydanu]

Netflix PANICS Cleopatra BACKLASH at Fake Documentary

Queen Cleopatra is a new Netflix supposed documentary from producer Jada Pinkett Smith. While it is well known that Cleopatra was Greek, the Netflix show has decided to ignore history, prompting a lawsuit from an Egyptian lawyer who says Netflix is not respecting Egyptian culture, values or principles. From the trailer, we can probably answer the question, is Queen Cleopatra worth watching?

[bodhitreebluebird]

Maggie Smith as Cleopatra in Shakepeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra in 1976

[fandom-imagination-ss]

In truth if they had this actress who plays Cleopatra. As the Queen But stuck to the facts and truth that she was greek....

This poop storm of a documentary wouldn't be happening....

That being said!!

I haven't watched it. I did plan to before this all came out. But if Jada Smith is willing to bend the truth over something simple her heritage. What else did they twist the truth on? I would be stopping it every time they stated something I would be fact checking everything.