Ponder a hypothetical baseball game, where the pitcher on the mound is so enamored of his fastball that he keeps throwing it over and over, even as every batter he faces it hits it out of the park.
Missed this before, Peter. Excellent article and analysis. I will not be watching the Netflix presentation of CLEOPATRA because it is clearly NOT an accurate portrayal of her historically and instead, is another political maneuver on the part of the Left to push their agenda. And yes, I hear the Egyptians are not happy with the inaccurate presentation of Cleopatra that is being pushed as a “documentary.”
If it were something akin to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, there'd still be some controversy but we could let it slide as artistic license. This is being marketed, as you note, as a documentary, which makes it a lie.
But, inconvenient truths don't matter any more, so....
Missed this before, Peter. Excellent article and analysis. I will not be watching the Netflix presentation of CLEOPATRA because it is clearly NOT an accurate portrayal of her historically and instead, is another political maneuver on the part of the Left to push their agenda. And yes, I hear the Egyptians are not happy with the inaccurate presentation of Cleopatra that is being pushed as a “documentary.”
If it were something akin to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, there'd still be some controversy but we could let it slide as artistic license. This is being marketed, as you note, as a documentary, which makes it a lie.
But, inconvenient truths don't matter any more, so....