New Netflix show gets Rotten Tomatoes score of just 2% as its slammed as 'cringey'
A new Netflix show has scored just two percent on Rotten Tomatoes as viewers slammed it as 'cringey.'
Scenes of dramatization are interwoven with narration and chat from leading historians and academics - a format that didn't go down too well with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The Daily Telegraph's Anita Singh commented: "It's too soapy for serious history fans, and not enough of a soap for viewers who like juicy historical dramas".
Some viewers had an issue with this portrayal, and with casting a black actress to play the role, with many not believing the ruler, who had Macedonian and Greek heritage, would have been black. An Egyptian lawyer has filed a case with the country's public prosecutor demanding that Netflix be shut down, reports the Daily Mail, due to the apparent rejection of records that they claim show Cleopatra was Macedonian-Greek.
Dr Sally Ann Ashton, an expert who was interviewed in the series, said: “Given that Cleopatra represents herself as an Egyptian, it seems strange to insist on depicting her as wholly European."
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