This past week, I attempted to watch the 'Q-C' series off Netflix.
First, it's a four episode series.....45 minutes each.
I would say they had this idea of doing a 50-percent piece where experts (historians) talk in the background to explain the moment in history and what is recorded history. The other 50-percent is actors chatting and giving their view of the moment.
In most of these historical pieces done in this manner....it's about 75-percent with the historians and 25-percent with actors simply going through the sequences, without a lot of chatting/dialog.
The Queen displayed being 'black' (African)? Well....in the case of Cleopatra....she was Arab/Greek.....not black. It's funny....over and over, the production team insist that Egypt is Africa, and thus the queen is black. It's simply a untrue statement.
What I would suggest....it would have made sense to do one 75-to-90 minute historical piece....instead of four episodes of 45-minutes each.
I admit....I gave up about 10 minutes into episode two.
I won't dump on this to a severe nature, but they spent a lot of money for what should have been a low-budget historical documentary.
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Rip,
A friendly heads-up to ease your transition back to the states:
* those people want you to stop calling them 'black'.
This week, they prefer to be known as 'wakanda-American'.
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Try it out during your next stroll through the slums.
Let us know your results!
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