Hollywood is wanting to remake yet another movie. This time Cleopatra is their target. Yes, that Cleopatra movie. Only there is a problem. Screeching SJW harpies think that Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga (two potential contenders for the role) are …TOO WHITE.

A senior production source at Sony confirmed: “Cleopatra was known as the Queen of the Nile, and Elizabeth Taylor firmly established herself as Hollywood’s queen in the 1963 film version.

“There’s every reason to think that whoever gets to play her this time round is going to enjoy an equally lofty perch in the motion picture industry.”

The Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton movie was not only one of the most expensive of all time, it was also the full of real-life drama and fireworks between Taylor and Burton.

However, this new version will supposedly be more of a political thriller told from a feminist perspective.

The actual Cleopatra’s history as Queen of Egypt was definitely political, but a good ruler she was not. 

Cleopatra was a feminine hero of another age, one who used her sexual wiles to seduce men, but not a terribly feminist one who knew what to do with conquered fools. She died a disgrace, committing suicide following the defeat of the forces of her mistress du jour Marc Antony — the best friend of her previous baby daddy Julius Caesar — effectively ceding the autonomous Egypt to Roman rule, all because of her weakness and ineptitude as a monarch.

Here’s another fact about Cleopatra that the harpies refuse to believe.

This historical dynamo — known for wooing Julius Caesar and Mark Antony — was an African queen, but she was descended from the Greek general Ptolemy. Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great’s four generals who carved up the Greek empire after Alexander’s untimely death. Ptolemy ruled Egypt and established a dynasty that lasted until the Romans took over.

Yes indeed folks. Cleopatra was very very WHITE. Facts like that didn’t stop the tantrum police.

I'm not sorry to tell y'all but @rihanna definitely has that role owned! Gaga and AJ shouldn't even been in the running. Honestly if a black woman ain't playing Cleopatra, then NOBODY should play the AFRICAN EGYPTIAN QUEEN CLEOPATRA! PERIOD! pic.twitter.com/6z59o4EV9I

— Nick Holmes-McGowan (@MrNickMcgowan) January 14, 2019

Cleopatra was of Greek decent. Just like my black ass is of African, Itialian, Native American and Mexican decent. At the end of the day Cleopatra was an AFRICAN EGYPTIAN QUEEN and shouldn't be portrayed by a white woman! Period! I said what I said. End of discussion. ✌

— Nick Holmes-McGowan (@MrNickMcgowan) January 14, 2019

Others ranted that this was about whitewashing black history, and some offered their ideas as to who should take on the role. Not a single white woman in the bunch. When people pointed out that Rhianna is from Barbados and so, if cast, would be treating ethnicity as interchangeable …one could almost HEAR the steam emanating from the triggered snowflakes!

All the folks reacting negatively to the idea of either Lady Gaga or Angelina Jolie being cast as Cleopatra would rather Hollywood, and the entire world for that matter, be viewed through the lens of race and the color of one’s skin.

Here’s a thought. Charlize Theron is from South Africa. According to the tantrum throwing SJW’s, she’d fit the bill perfectly. Except her skin is the wrong color.

We are indeed living in stupid times.

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Feature Photo Credit: Cleopatra, 1963 (film still), cropped and modified