Comments by "Elizabeth Loveland" (@Shineon83) on "The Forgotten Country that Destroyed Egypt" video.

  1. WHEN is a movie going to be made about the beautiful, Queen of Sheba (of the Nubian Empire)??….Why didn’t JPS make a series about her (didn’t want to have to write a new script)? Nubia was the Land of Gold (and Nubian jewelry was arguably the finest in the world at the time)….I would love to actually see a new, original film on her….
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  2. The Ptolemies (her dynasty) was sooo inbred (fathers marrying daughters, brothers marrying sisters) and so paranoid about only putting their “purest” Ptolemaic members on the throne, historians are pretty convinced that if there was ANY doubt about her “genetics,” she wouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near the throne…. The REAL question I keep asking is WHY a movie/series hasn’t been made yet about The Queen of Sheba (famously beautiful Queen of the Nubian Empire)? Even at the time, her reputation was known far & wide….(I think there has only been one movie made about her before-a lavish, set piece, made in the 1920s-using a white actress in blackface)….It’s long past time for an accurate portrayal …
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  3. Btw, one caveat in casting her : She cannot be mixed-race. She MUST be as she was : true Nubian
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  4.  @myaq8410  Everyone already KNOWS that she was Black- esp the right (it’s in the Bible, for * sake)….(There was a more recent adaptation, btw—in the 50s🤣—It was one of the “Bible Epics” they seemed to make a lot….but, again, they used a “dyed” white actress, I think Susan Hayward, as the Queen……Way past time for an update) If they get a decent writer and cast the main roles well, it would do great, as it would appeal to a very wide audience, and be seen as a “new” story (let’s face it: Cleo has been done to death)…. As to “Blowback” to the actress being Black (as the Queen WAS), I think that would happen in a VERY small group. Actresses with talent & charisma are always loved (“Witney Houston” The Bodyguard, Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball, most of the female cast of “Hamilton” were all loved)…not to mention, Big Little Lies, The Handmaid’s Tale, Skyfall, Precious (just thinking of hit “crossover” movies)… I think blowback right now is happening largely because of what a lot of ppl see as too much gender/race swapping (esp. with historical figures). As that wouldn’t be the case with QS (I suppose if producers wanted to be anal, they could limit the role to AA actresses “of” African, rather than Caribbean, descent :), but with the gorgeous sets, costumes & historical era, if it’s well-written, it would be a hit….(And SHAME on JPS —when explaining why she chose to do Cleopatra : “There aren’t any African Queens that are readily accessible” (maybe she’s just ignorant on history)…In any case, It’s Time.
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