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Blog: Part II: Casting Cleopatra: It’s All About PoliticsNovember 3, 2020 Playing Cleopatra: Hollywood and Anglophone Television Castings For the most part, big budget Hollywood productions on the life of Cleopatra have cast actresses that conform to a certain archetype: Elizabeth Taylor, Vivienne Leigh, Claudette Colbert, Theda Bara were all ‘seductress’ types. Their curvy figures emphasized by dazzling fashion, their dark hair intended to represent their more salacious Read more … |
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Blog: Part I: Casting Cleopatra: It’s All About PoliticsNovember 2, 2020 On October 11 2020, American screenwriter and producer of Greek descent Laeta Kalogridis posted this tweet:
The same day, she posted a picture of a Read more … |
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Blog: Walk Like an Egyptian? How Modern Fashion Appropriates AntiquityJanuary 14, 2019 Chanel took over New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Arts on December 4 for its annual Arts et Métiers fashion show. This year’s theme? Egypt. Except that, in many ways, it was not. What, and most importantly, who was showcased, then? The answer is unsurprisingly predictable, yet for this very reason, it powerfully illuminates the current, Orientalist and colonial reception of ancient Egypt in contemporary fashion and pop culture, and the ways in which this reception hasn’t changed much (if at all) since Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of the country in the late 18th century. The yearly Arts et Métiers show began in 2002. It aims at showcasing the wide-ranging array of Métiers d’art that are part of Chanel under the Paraffection umbrella. The event is staged in and pays tribute to cities that are connected to the life of Gabrielle Chanel: Paris, mostly, but also Read more … |
