Queen Cleopatra

A simplistic drama/documentary view of Cleopatra and her entanglements with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony which has yet again ignited the black debate. No one really knows if Cleopatra was African black, as it were, yet even the Egyptians are enraged that she is portrayed in this way, although the actress, Adele James is of mixed race and therefore coffee coloured. I say simplistic because it's an accurate historical account of Cleopatra's life for anyone who wants a quick history lesson, but it's tainted by modern verbiage from the quasi academics who provide historical input. It's odd that so many people are stuck in a never ending argument about Cleopatra's colour, yet no one, as far as I can see, has even mentioned the fact that she married two of her brothers. We'll finish it tonight, not having watched something amazing, which it certainly isn't, because it definitely has an agenda, but because we have learned a little more about that epoch.