Dropping In With Charlie Houpert cover image

Critical Drinker On Wokeness, Politics, and Generational Resentment in Hollywood

Dropping In With Charlie Houpert

CHAPTER

The Backlash for Cleopatra

The Egyptian audience is super upset about it as well. It would be like if they made a documentary about William Wallace or Robert the Bruce, you know, who are documenting historically and had them played by like a black man. For example,Yeah, there would be a backlash against it because it's like, we know they weren't. So why are you trying to claim these people as something else? And yeah, I think the theory I had in my video and I pretty much stick by this is they did a previous season of this African Queen's documentary series,. It's all about like shed and light on on female black leaders throughout history that we didn't know much about.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner