Some furious Egyptians have accused Netflix of misrepresenting their ancient history
; the historian Plutarch, Mark Antony’s biographer, fashioned the ruler as a power-hungry manipulator of men. Nor were these authors objective observers of history: PlutarchAs these dubious sources suggest, very little is known about the monarch. . That has not stopped historians, poets and authors from trying to flesh out the historical record. The mystery may be part of the allure.
Producers at Netflix are the latest to reconstruct the ruler’s life in “Queen Cleopatra”, a new four-part documentary-drama released on Wednesday. It is part of the “African Queens” history series that Jada Pinkett Smith, an actor, has produced for the streamer. In many respects, Netflix’s pharaoh is not so different from the one depicted by Arabic writers; she is devoted to Egypt. But there is one matter on which these versions of history diverge: the colour of her skin.
took to social media to accuse the streaming giant of “blackwashing” Egyptian history. The country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities released a statement declaring that Cleopatra was “light-skinned”. The spat is indicative of modern Egypt’s protectionist view towards its ancient civilisations. It also exemplifies how academic enquiry into the past is becoming enmeshed with modern identity politics.
were working from patchy historical material. To fill in gaps, they relied on the principle of “competitive plausibility”, explains Shelley Haley of Hamilton College in New York state, who appears in the documentary. In other words, the historians
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