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In sum, Queen Cleopatra has become a symbol of how identity politics can ruin a series before it even begins. Its record-breaking low ratings, critical despise, and swift drop in popularity confirm that viewers prefer authentic storytelling over politicized revisionism. Whether Netflix will learn from this debacle remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: there are limits to how far cultural rewriting can go before it collapses under its own weight.