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beeswax

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Terrible movie. A romantic Hollywood story that hasn't anything to do with how Rome and Egypt were at the time..

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Cleopatra...the whitest African I've ever seen. Translucent, even.

I don't think Shaw's (or Shakespeare's, for that matter) treatment of Cleopatra's legend (or the foibles of monarchs, or stories of imperial Rome) had much to do with a desire for "authenticity" about anything but human nature. Nor was Shaw (or Shakespeare) much influenced by "Hollywood."

10 years 10 months ago

nbats

https://youtu.be/UYq3WKEosKE

1 year 4 months ago

Hippiemans

A droll story set in Ancient Egypt. By no means they did try to depict realism.

9 years 3 months ago

Dieguito

Terrible movie. A romantic Hollywood story that hasn't anything to do with how Rome and Egypt were at the time..

11 years 9 months ago

Limbesdautomne

Leigh screams "Ftatateeta!" but it ain't no "Fiddle-dee-dee!"

Read more in French on La Saveur des goûts amers.

6 years 6 months ago

Fitz of Fury

Cleopatra...the whitest African I've ever seen. Translucent, even.

11 years 1 month ago

ClassicLady

My sister walked in while I was watching this and asked why all the actors were playing their scenes like they were gay. LOL! I hadn't noticed it myself but now that she mentioned it...

10 years 5 months ago