‘Cleopatra’ on Netflix receives shocking 1% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

Netflix’s controversial new sequence Cleopatra receives a 1% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes amidst backlash over “blackwashing” Cleopatra. The documentary is an installment within the African Queens sequence and follows the lady who was the final pharaoh of Egypt.

The sequence offers a take a look at her political acts, her relationships in addition to her heritage which has been a significant matter of dialogue previously. It has been the topic of intense criticism for the reason that casting for Cleopatra was revealed to be black actress Adele James.

This raises a problem since historic data have confirmed that Cleopatra was Macedonian-Greek. After solely streaming for 4 days, the present has acquired an viewers ranking of 1% which is, based on Forbes, the worst ranking in historical past.

They added: “Followers often charge issues increased than critics, even unhealthy reveals, and the purpose being, a 1 p.c viewers rating appears borderline mathematically inconceivable, even with the controversy the movie has attracted.”

The sequence asserts their level of Cleopatra’s ethnicity clearly within the present, with one historian saying: “I bear in mind my grandmother saying to me: I do not care what they let you know at school, Cleopatra was black.”