Queen Cleopatra earns a 9/10 woke score by rewriting history to center modern identity narratives over established facts about Cleopatra's Macedonian Greek lineage. Skip it if you want substance instead of agenda-driven revisionism.
The docuseries centers progressive racial ideology through its deliberate casting of mixed-heritage Black British actress Adele James as Cleopatra VII, a Ptolemaic ruler of Macedonian Greek descent historically depicted as light-skinned.
The promotional key art explicitly presents this dark-skinned portrayal, and the series is framed as part of the 'African Queens' anthology with narration by Jada Pinkett Smith. Producers defended the choice as a 'nod to the centuries-long conversation about the ruler's race' and reflecting 'the multicultural nature of ancient Egypt,' prioritizing modern identity narratives over historical consensus from Egyptian and Greek sources.
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We've run a full content analysis on Queen Cleopatra - Season 1 and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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