{"id":1931421,"date":"2023-05-16T00:55:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T04:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-black-cleopatra-has-lowest-audience-score-in-rotten-tomatoes-history\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T00:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T04:59:09","slug":"netflixs-black-cleopatra-has-lowest-audience-score-in-rotten-tomatoes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-black-cleopatra-has-lowest-audience-score-in-rotten-tomatoes-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s Black Cleopatra has the worst audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes ever."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflixs-black-cleopatra-has-lowest-audience-score-in-rotten-tomatoes-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1931421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Controversy Surrounds Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Queen Cleopatra&#8221; Documentary<\/h2>\n<p>In 1963, Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra in a star-studded blockbuster with a $31 million budget. Fast forward 60 years and Netflix&#8217;s new documentary &#8220;Queen Cleopatra&#8221; is causing controversy and &#8220;blackwashing&#8221; claims after casting black actress Adele James in the lead role. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-1918-spanish-flu-a-different-perspective\/\" title=\"The 1918 Spanish Flu: A Different Perspective\">historical records show<\/a> that Cleopatra was Macedonian-Greek, the creator of the series, Tina Gharvi, defends the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-times-writer-angry-friends-reunion-wasnt-more-diverse\/\" title=\"LA Times Writer Angry \u201cFriends\u201d Reunion Wasn\u2019t More Diverse\">casting choice<\/a>, stating &#8220;Why shouldn&#8217;t Cleopatra be a melanated sister?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Dismal Ratings<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the controversy, it&#8217;s the documentary&#8217;s dismal ratings that are making headlines. Currently, it has a 2% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest in history. The &#8220;average Tomatometer&#8221; stands at 10%, which is still lower than the worst film on the site, Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever, which has a 0% rating but a 20% favorable audience score.<\/p>\n<h3>Viewer Reviews<\/h3>\n<p>Many viewers have criticized the documentary&#8217;s lack of historical accuracy and accused it of being a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-donalds-rips-journalist-calling-him-the-other-black-republican\/\" title=\"Rep. Donalds Rips Journalist Calling Him \u2018The Other Black Republican\u2019\">race baiting<\/a>&#8221; show. One reviewer wrote, &#8220;It&#8217;s not a documentary depicting the life of Cleopatra. It&#8217;s a race baiting Netflix show that tells its audience that if you can&#8217;t get on board with this retelling of how we see the history of Queen Cleopatra, then you&#8217;re racist.&#8221; Another suggested that Queen Hatshepsut or Queen Nefertiti would have been better choices for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-black-cleopatra-has-lowest-audience-score-in-rotten-tomatoes-history\/\" title=\"Netflix's Black Cleopatra has the worst audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes ever.\">black female empowerment narrative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Author&#8217;s Take<\/h3>\n<p>The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. Joseph Curl, who has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper, suggests that the documentary is another attempt to go woke but ending up going broke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1963, Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra in a lavish film with a $31 million budget, equivalent to $327 million today. 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