Critics from around the world are furious about Netflix’s casting decision for the docudrama “African Queens: Queen Cleopatra,” with one Egyptian attorney going as far as filing a complaint against the media company for allegedly misrepresenting history.

Adele James, who is of mixed heritage, plays the Egyptian ruler in the upcoming series, but many people disagree with casting the British actress to depict the famous queen. The real Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC, and most scholars agree that her primary ancestry was Greek Macedonian.

Netflix’s promotional website, Tudum, addressed the casting controversy in February. The site quoted the show’s executive producer, Jada Pinkett Smith, saying that because Cleopatra’s heritage has been debated, the casting was “a nod to the centuries-long conversation about the ruler’s race.”

“We don’t often get to see or hear stories about black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know those stories because there are tons of them,” Pinkett Smith said, per Variety. 

Zahi Hawass, a prominent Egyptologist and former antiquities minister, told the al-Masry al-Youm newspaper, “This is completely fake. Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was light-skinned, not black.”

“Netflix is trying to provoke confusion by spreading false and deceptive facts that the origin of the Egyptian civilization is black,” he said, per the BBC, while asking Egyptians to denounce the docudrama.

Lawyer Mahmoud al-Semary filed a complaint with the public prosecutor against Netflix, the outlet noted, saying “necessary legal measures” should be taken against Netflix services in Egypt.

He accused the streaming giant of attempting to “promote the Afrocentric thinking … which includes slogans and writings aimed at distorting and erasing the Egyptian identity.”

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The petition “Cancel Netflix’s ‘Queen Cleopatra’” has more than 3,700 signatures on change.org, while a similar petition on the platform allegedly garnered 85,000 signatures before being removed, per The New York Post.

The official trailer has its YouTube comments turned off. It currently has over two million views after being released one week ago.

“Just FYI, this kind of behavior won’t be tolerated on my account. You will be blocked without hesitation!!!” James wrote, sharing screenshots of alleged messages she received from critics. 

“If you don’t like the casting don’t watch the show. Or do & engage in (expert) opinion different to yours. Either way, I’M GASSED and will continue to be!”

The docuseries debuts on Netflix May 10.

A watchmaker released an advertisement showing radical gender theory’s effect on female athletes and the problems that arise from males competing in women’s sports leagues amid several recent campaigns from prominent companies lauding transgenderism.

The advertisement from Egard Watch Company depicts a female track athlete training from a young age with the encouragement of her father: “He used to watch me run and say, ‘Ain’t no woman alive that can beat you.’ And I believed him.” The athlete’s track and field dreams were crushed, however, when a man with long hair and a beard joined her at the start line.

“I was an unstoppable force. A life dedicated to perfection,” the athlete narrated. “But even perfection wouldn’t be enough.”

The advertisement then flashes headlines showing self-identified transgender athletes defeating female competitors: CeCe Telfer won an NCAA women’s track national championship after competing with fellow men in the previous season, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas tied with female champion Riley Gaines and was honored by ESPN for a women’s history month segment, and MMA fighter Fallon Fox was accused of breaking multiple female opponents’ skulls after he began to compete as a woman.

Egard Watch Company said it is a firm that “believes in truth” and produced the advertisement as a “response to woke corporate America.” Several companies have been criticized in recent months for controversial marketing campaigns and broader corporate efforts endorsing transgenderism, alienating significant portions of their customer bases.

Anheuser-Busch, the company which produces Bud Light, has witnessed considerable backlash over the past few weeks after executives partnered with self-identified transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who chronicled his supposed “gender transition” on TikTok. The company’s sales took an immediate hit as Americans refused to purchase Bud Light.

Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth issued a statement at the end of last week in response to the controversy but did not make mention of Mulvaney or transgenderism and neglected to offer an apology to offended customers. “We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people,” the executive said. “We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.”

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Mulvaney has a seemingly bottomless demand from brands that desire his endorsement even as consumers voice their frustration: makeup brand Ulta Beauty and fashion house Kate Spade have each partnered with the influencer, as have grocery delivery service Instacart, toothpaste brand Crest, and skin care line CeraVe. President Joe Biden hosted a discussion with Mulvaney in the White House last year about “gender-affirming healthcare.”

Daily Wire host Matt Walsh noted that conservatives could act as a prominent force in the marketplace should they maintain the attention span necessary to truly siphon support away from a prominent brand. “The next corporation that serves a similar customer base to what Bud Light serves will think twice before doing an endorsement with Dylan Mulvaney or anybody like that,” he said. “We have given them something to think about.”