Director Spike Lee is
set to direct a new Cleopatra movie. In an interview with US Magazine Mr. Lee
spoke about how excited he was about his latest project.
"Well as you know there have been lots
of lies that have been told for years about what Cleopatra actually looked
like. Only common sense can tell you that Cleopatra looked like a sista. Do you
really think that Cleo really looked like Vivian Leigh or that other bitch
Elizabeth Taylor? How da' hell could a melanin-deficient white woman survive
that brutal Egyptian sun? Cleopatra was a black woman. Egypt is in Africa. What
type of people do you expect to see in Africa? I am really excited because at
least people will know the truth for a change."
Told by reporter Becky
Klingenberg that Cleopatra was a descendant Alexander the Great's General
Ptolemy and that she ruled during the Ptolemaic Dynasty - a Macedonian Greek
family, Mr. Lee had this response:
"Do you really expect me to believe
anything you crackas tell me? Everybody knows how you people lie about
everything and that you always try to manipulate history. You people are so
shameless. You people want everyone to believe that Jesus was white, Cleopatra
was white. You even portrayed Moses as white on the big screen - twice. Do you
really think that Moses looked like Christian Bale or Carlton, Charlton or
whatever that dead white guy's name is?"
Mr. Lee further went on
to explain that shooting for the movie which is called Cleo Had a Fro' will
begin in Egypt in the spring and that Whoopi Goldberg is set to play the title
role. Ted Danson will play Mark Antony.
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