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Polish-Icelandic filmmaker rni lafur sgeirsson loosely based the series on the life of Antoni Cierplikowski, owner of Antoine de Paris. Although Cierplikowski himself was not a drag queen, he was a gay man who had moved from Poland to Paris, became an extremely successful hairdresser, and returned to Poland at the end of his life. sgeirsson died in April 2021 before the series had finished production; the series is dedicated to his memory.[3]
Reviewing the series' pilot episode, Joel Keller of Decider wrote that "Queen is a gentle but powerful drama about a man who thought he was sure of who he is discovering things about himself at a late age, and being the better for it."[8]
Jane Draycott does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
If you choose the former, you will find plenty of ammunition for criticism without even touching upon the decision to present Cleopatra, the royal family and the wider Graeco-Egyptian population as black. Although no doubt this is where much supposedly critical analysis will both begin and end.
She is hampered, however, by a Caesar (John Partridge) who either whispers sinisterly or froths at the mouth, a weak and weaselly Antony (Craig Russell) and a psychotic-seeming, over-acting Octavian (James Marlowe).
The documentary features a bastion of experts drawn from the disciplines of classics, comparative literature, ancient history, archaeology, Egyptology and Nubian studies. They refer to literary, documentary and archaeological evidence to support the points they make throughout. Their commentary is specific, detailed and nuanced.
The controversy-inciting quotes included in the trailer have been taken completely out of context. In reality, the commentators are keen to differentiate between what we know about Cleopatra and what we do not.
As can sweeping statements regarding her identity. Cleopatra was simultaneously Macedonian, Egyptian and Roman. In the habit of emphasising different aspects of her identity to suit different audiences, she would not have considered herself either white or black, because modern concepts of race would have been unknown to her.
What was more important was that she was rich and in possession of the natural and mineral resources that first Caesar, then Antony and finally Octavian needed to achieve their own political and military aims.
The first episode is by far the strongest, both in the breadth and depth of historical material covered and the overall production values. But as the series continues, its limitations become more apparent. The sets and supporting cast start to disappear, the pacing becomes subject to padding and the narrative takes a turn to the speculative.
The series does, however, close with the acknowledgement that her daughter Cleopatra Selene would become an African queen in turn, ruling the Roman client kingdom of Mauretania alongside her husband Juba. As the son of the deposed King of Numidia, in north-west Africa he was definitely a person of colour, as were their children and successors.
Antoni Porowski has become a mainstream TV personality since appearing as the food and wine expert on Netflix's Queer Eye reboot. Now, he's setting his sights on something he started doing early on in his career - being an actor.
Porowski, who has had various smaller parts in a bunch of different projects like Blue Mountain State and The Blacklist over the years, landed a role in the Polish limited series Queen, which is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on June 23. In the show, Porowski will play a tailor assistant seemingly named Antos. (Interestingly enough, Antos is a Polish nickname for someone named Antoni!)
The tagline for Queen reads, "After a decades-long absence, a renowned Parisian tailor and drag queen returns to his hometown in Poland to make amends with his daughter." Directed by Lukasz Kosmick and written by Arnie Asgeirsson, this limited series will have four episodes. As an original Polish production for Netflix, the show will feature characters speaking both Polish and French. Porowski was born in Montreal, Canada and speaks French fluently.
Besides this limited series, Porowski has also already been cast as an actor in the upcoming film Spoiler Alert starring Jim Parsons. That movie is also scheduled to be released in 2022, so this is slowly shaping up to be a landmark year for Porowski's acting career.
Although this unorthodox, hybrid format can take some getting used to, it ultimately proves to enrich and enhance the narrative. With Jada as the narrator, the show also includes close-up perspectives from exciting figures like Queen Diambi Kabatusuila, woman king of the Bakwa Luntu people, and Rosa Cruz e Silva, former director of the National Archives of Angola.
Reportedly, the African Queens series will continue to highlight the lives and legacies of one prominent queen from the African continent each season. A few media outlets have already announced that the next installation will tell the story of the fearless, captivating life of Cleopatra.
The streaming service has released the first snap of Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II from Season 3 of "The Crown." For the Golden Globe-winning show's first two seasons, the role was portrayed by Claire Foy. Netflix announced the casting of the English actress who starred in BBC America's "Broadchurch" and AMC's "The Night Manager," in October.
She is set to play the queen in Season 4 as well. She will play opposite Tobias Menzies ("Outlander" and "Game of Thrones") who will take over the role of Prince Philip from Matt Smith for the next two seasons.
Her new show is a 16-episode romantic drama with two polar opposite leads (a mega-rich conglomerate nepo baby and her more humble lawyer husband) that remind me of the lovers who came from two completely different worlds in Crash Landing on You. If anything could live up to my earlier favorite, surely one by the writer of Crash Landing on You has a good shot at doing so, right?
As for what Queen of Tears is all about, Kim Soo-hyun plays a humble yet sharp lawyer who hails from a small village. Hong Hae-in, on the other hand, is a high-powered executive who lives like a queen, which makes sense because her family is one of the richest in South Korea and owns the Queens Group conglomerate.blogherads.adq.push(function () blogherads.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-ros-mid-articleX-uid8' ).setTargeting( 'pos', ["standarddisplay","mid-articleX","mid-article"] ).setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ).setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-articleX").addSize([[300,250]]).setLazyLoadMultiplier(2););
Graham also said the queen is "unquestionably one of the best-informed people on world affairs" he's ever met, and he "found her highly intelligent and knowledgeable about a wide variety of issues, not just politics."
"Once, when visiting the royal family at Sandringham in 1984, Ruth and I walked past a woman wearing an old raincoat, Wellingtons, and a scarf; she was bent over fixing some food for the dogs," Graham wrote. "We thought at first she was one of the housekeepers, but when she straightened up, we saw it was the Queen!"
"I always found her very interested in the Bible and its message," Graham wrote. "After preaching at Windsor one Sunday, I was sitting next to the Queen at lunch. I told her I had been undecided until the last minute about my choice of sermon and had almost preached on the healing of the crippled man in John 5. Her eyes sparkled and she bubbled over with enthusiasm, as she could do on occasion. 'I wish you had!' she exclaimed. 'That is my favorite story.'"
The article notes that the show highlights major world events taking place in the early years of Elizabeth's reign, ranging from the Kennedys rise to power in the U.S. to Prince Philip's alleged infidelity. Article's author Caroline Hallemann notes that show creator Peter Morgan considers the "best bit of writing" in the current season the story line depicting the queen's relationship with Graham.
"She almost has a crush on him, at one point telling Prince Philip, 'I think he's rather handsome,' the rare moment she can make her husband jealous," Halleman writes. "We see Graham giving a sermon in Windsor Chapel, and later on, the pair of them discussing scripture."
"African Queens: Njinga" is the first installment in a new Netflix docuseries from Jada Pinkett Smith's studios highlighting true stories of some of Africa's most fascinating rulers. It's about the 17th century warrior queen of an area that's present-day Angola, featuring a mix of dramatic recreations and interviews with leading scholarly experts, including Wellesley College Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies Kellie Carter Jackson. Carter Jackson joined GBH's Morning Edition hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel to talk about the real-life inspiration for the documentary. This transcript has been lightly edited.
Kellie Carter Jackson: First, I want to give a shout out to Linda Heywood because she wrote the only biography Queen Njinga, it's the only one that we have that was written in English. Queen Njinga was born in 1583 in the Kingdom of Ndongo. And she grows to such fame and stature, she becomes the leader of her people and spends most of her reign really fighting back the Portuguese, fighting back against the slave trade, trying to make these negotiations with Europeans. And she is known as being a fierce leader. A brilliant leader. She's a genius. She is cunning. She is fearsome on the battlefield. I mean, even as a young child, there are stories that her father rode out to battle with her on horseback as a kid.
She just has an incredible story. And she's not a household name. And I think that this series is so important because it really lets us know that there were women out there that were leading for decades, and doing incredible things at a time in which we should really know who she was.
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