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Netflix documentary on Cleopatra sparks backlash internationally over casting

A four-part documentary executive produced by US actress Jada Pinkett Smith for Netflix is coming under fire on social media over its portrayal of Cleopatra by a Black actress.

Detractors on TikTok and Twitter are decrying the upcoming documentary, set to premiere on May 10, which features actress Adele James in the role of the queen of Egypt.（本段为发音精讲部分，具体语音讲解请微信关注【可可英语晨读公众号】）

In the trailer for the documentary, one commentator says: “My grandmother said, ‘I don’t care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black.’”

Cleopatra’s Greek Macedonian background forms the crux of the argument many on social media have been making, with a number of Egyptian, African American and international critics slamming the decision to portray the ruler as of Sub-Saharan origin. “This is not the Black representation I wanted or needed,” a TikTok user said in a video, adding: “They cast a Black woman to play Queen Cleopatra, the problem is she wasn’t Black.”

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