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| Cleopatra VII Altes Museum Berlin, Germany |
I have edited this post for two weeks.
It was the original Reflection Monday May 2023.
I deleted the edited versions because I have an
aversion to backlash.
I also dislike upsetting people.
To put it mildly...
It bothers me when an iconic/ representative of a culture, lived in real life is depicted in film under a false identity that is promoted as being factual.
I embrace diversity.
I do not support erasing it.
Most of us fear backlash when posting about a controversial subject, but then the choice is individual on doing so. Like yourself, I do not like to cause upset, but really do we have any control on how someone will react?
ReplyDeleteIt should always bother us when something factual is shown as a not-as-true.
Beatrice,
ReplyDeleteThere are marked differences in who and what one might have a different opinion about. Ok for some but not others.
If the situation wad reversed for Cleopatra, I believe the outrage would be much louder, like the misappropriation issues we read about.
There is plenty of conflict in the world ~ I save my blog post for creativity ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Carol,
ReplyDeleteYour blog spreads joy!
Well said!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jeanie
ReplyDeleteSeeing the statue made me think about the current insistence that statues that have stood for years need to be taken down in the interest of 'political correctness' or because they might offend somebody. They're our history, for good or bad, and thus should be left standing as reminders.
ReplyDeleteMaryanne,
ReplyDeleteThe statue subject does alter history. In some cases, that is necessary to remove the things that represent evil.
A professor years ago, told us in class, that slavery in America was depravity on another level than what slavery was known as around the world.
His explanation brought us to understand the truth of the raw form of depravity many slave owners went to.