Netflix今日推出的历史记录片，一共有4集的《 #埃及艳后 /Queen Cleopatra》刚看完，小时候看的是时长很长的电影版，是伊莉萨白泰勒的版本，而这次换成了黑人女星Adele James饰演。

这记录片影集还未上映到现在，埃及起了不小的抗议，以表达不满这支记录片，将埃及最后一位法老Cleopatra给“黑皮肤化了”，认为Netflix扭曲史实和对法老的不敬。

但其实这支记录片第一刻是告诉观众或许黑人的Cleopatra，或许才是真正的合乎史实。

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很不错的记录片，演员演的都很棒，会觉得如果最后Cleopatra没有遇见Mark Anthony会不会能够无风无雨的就渡过了她的埃及岁月？

但命运的相会总有它的道理的，只是人难以看透吧。

还有Cleopatra也是善用她的魅力，但这魅力不是只有美貌而已，她精通多国语言、文学、天文、哲学又游遍各国，再加上埃及的这些贵族、法老们，是享有男女平权的意识。

所以在男尊女卑的罗马，她的存在是多么独特又出众，也就为何能吸引Caesar和Mark Anthony，我相信她爱着这两个人，但她更爱她的王国埃及，所以利用这样的关系形同和罗马的结盟，而她带领的埃及也才能丰盛又和平。

最后要和Mark Anthony一同葬在一起的遗言很刻骨铭心。

还有她很爱她的孩子们，但我很好奇若Cleopatra平安的将王权交棒给3个孩子，是不是会有什么变革而改善近亲通婚、手足相残的陋习？

我想Cleopatra一定都想过而也会这样改革，只是没有机会看到而已。

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#Netflix released a historical documentary series today called "#QueenCleopatra," which consists of four episodes. I just finished watching it. When I was younger, I watched the long movie version starring Elizabeth Taylor, but this time it features a Black actress, Adele James, playing the role of Cleopatra.

The series has already faced some protests in Egypt, expressing dissatisfaction with the portrayal of Cleopatra as a Black woman, and accusing Netflix of distorting history and disrespecting the last pharaoh of Egypt. However, the series actually begins by suggesting that a Black Cleopatra may be more historically accurate.

Overall, it's a great documentary series, and the actors all did a fantastic job. It made me wonder if Cleopatra would have been able to get through her reign in Egypt without meeting Mark Antony. But fate has its own reasons, and it's hard for us to understand.

Cleopatra was also adept at using her charm, but it wasn't just her beauty. She was proficient in multiple languages, literature, astronomy, and philosophy, and she traveled to various countries. In addition, the nobles and pharaohs in Egypt had a consciousness of gender equality. So in the male-dominated Rome, her existence was unique and outstanding, which is why she was able to attract Caesar and Mark Antony. I believe she loved these two men, but she loved her kingdom of Egypt even more. Therefore, she formed an alliance with Rome using these relationships, and Egypt under her leadership became rich and peaceful.

Her last wish to be buried with Mark Antony was very touching.

Cleopatra loved her children very much, but I wonder if she would have been able to make changes and reforms to end the practice of close kin marriage and the conflicts between siblings if she had peacefully handed over the throne to her three children. I believe she must have thought about it, but she didn't have the opportunity to see it happen.

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