Twitter mob angry about Cleopatra cast
(thefederalist.com)
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It would be cool to cast actual Egyptians - but they're pretty white. Also, they've been significantly genocided by the Arabs.
You'd have to be pretty based to stand up for them. I don't think they even stand up for themselves anymore. Too many generations of slavery. I think essentially all Egyptians are muslims by now.
See: the guy that played Freddie Mercury being cast as an Egyptian character in a Moses story... while being Egyptian. Holy cow, the world has become ignorant.
Did Malek catch flack for that, too? I remember some retarded twitter twats trying to "le epic roast" Night at The Museum for having a "hwite" Pharoah. Even though the dude's parents are not just from Egypt, I believe they came from a coptic community, which means that they're ethnically Egyptian.