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Netflix’s Embattled Cleopatra Docuseries Panned by Viewers in Online Reviews

Never has a show received the low audience scores that ‘Queen Cleopatra’ has been getting, one critic says, not even movies that are controversial and prone to review bombing.

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Actress Adele James stars in a new Netflix docudrama, 'Queen Cleopatra.' Netflix
CLARA PREVE DURRIEU
CLARA PREVE DURRIEU

The Netflix docudrama series facing backlash for casting Black actress Adele James to play Cleopatra has one of the lowest audience scores in Netflix history, with viewers panning it as “terrible,” “fictional,” and “inaccurate.”

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CLARA PREVE DURRIEU
CLARA PREVE DURRIEU

Ms. Preve Durrieu is a bilingual journalist who has reported from several countries including Australia and India. She has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in social communications from Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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