Michael Jackson Casting Controversy

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Bliss said:
In all honesty, my deduction from the coins is their Hellenic features. Those features which remarkably remain in the Greek community today.

You are absolutely correct on purported inbreeding... cousins, brother sister... very common in ruling blood lines of all cultures...
Here is an excerpt from Duane Roller, a Professor Emeritus of Greek and Latin history at Ohio State...

"For the first six generations the wives of the ruling Ptolemies also came from the same Macedonian background as their husbands. So until the time of Cleopatra’s great-grandfather, the ethnic makeup of the dynasty was still pure Macedonian Greek. In fact two of her ancestors married their sisters, thus reinforcing the Macedonian ethnicity."

(keep in mind though that even the mere concept of Greek-Macedonian is argued by some. As in, they cannot be "mixed" and that she was Macedonian. Just keep in mind that the Macedonia vs Greek arguing IN GENERAL, continues in both community to this day. (not unlike the Palestine and Jews or the Greeks and Turks)

Also, this Cleopatra spoke Greek AND Egyptian (the first to), suggesting that she had some egyptian in her blood via her mother, so good point Beasty on her possible DNA link.
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Interesting quote. I'm also glad you brought up the Macedonia vs Greek arguing, that's something I wasn't at all aware of, it's not surprising tho.
 
meowkittenmeow said:
You do realize that the 3 characters you mentioned are in fact fictional characters and never actually existed, right?
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Fictional characters whose visuals have been long-established through the visual media known as comic books and films. But I guess dodging the point is fun.
 
RicardoCooper said:
Fictional characters whose visuals have been long-established through the visual media known as comic books and films. But I guess dodging the point is fun.
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Not dodging a point. There is a difference between casting fictional characters and casting actual real life people. Unless you were unaware that Michael Jackson was a real person. Granted, the things that transpired in Moonwalker were purely fictional, but you are able to tell the difference between fictional made-up characters and real life people being portrayed in film right?
 
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