For these reasons ... a sudden Egyptian decision to stop filming the series "The King"
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After a campaign of attack and controversy through social media and press sites following the launch of the first teaser of the series "The King", which embodies the story of the struggle of the good people and the heroism of King Ahmose in expelling the Hyksos from Egypt, the United Company for Egyptian Media Services announced the suspension of the series "The King" and the formation of an urgent committee from a group From the specialists in history, archeology and sociology, to watch the series, review the entire scenario, and express an objective and professional opinion, even if this results in not showing it next Ramadan.
The series has its main focus on King Ahmose’s struggle to expel the Hyksos from Egypt. It also deals with dramatic and fictional characters and many dramatic lines. The work is taken from the story of “Good Struggle” by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Amr Youssef, Saba Mubarak, Reem Mostafa, Majed Al Masry and Sherif Salama.
The most important criticism raised by the first promo of the series "The King" on social media was that the work bears many historical inaccuracies, such as the shape of the heroes, especially Amr Youssef, who plays the role of Ahmose, and appeared in the promo with a beard, colored eyes and white skin, as it appeared in clothes described by some specialists not appropriate for the period. The time and clothes of kings, in addition to the fact that the Egyptians were not at that time raising the beard and considered it something of filth and uncleanliness.
Some comments by social media fans since the introduction of the Promo criticized the shape of the Pharaonic weapons that appeared in the battles and described what happened as contradicting what appeared from the war wheels that were present at that period and painted on the walls of temples, and some criticized the colloquial dialect that the heroes spoke in the promo in addition to the phrases that were done. Use it in Omar Al Mukhtar's movie before.
Some linked the clothes of King Ahmose, which Amr Youssef embodied, with the clothes of some characters who appeared in the international movie "300" of the star Gerard Butler, which dealt with the fall of Sparta, where the promo is similar in one of the war scenes in which Ahmose or Amr Youssef fights with a scene from the movie.
Many criticized the appearance of the actress Reem Mustafa, who appeared in a seductive black cloak, moving away from the clothes of this period, whether from the Hyksos or the Egyptians, and her hair was dyed blond and was styled in a very modern way that was mocked with its ferocity on social networking sites and
finally some criticized the age of Amr Youssef, who they described as Is greater than the age of Ahmose, who expelled the Hyksos at the age of twenty-five, while Amr is much older than him.
The fate of the series will be determined according to the decision of the committee that will convene during the coming hours, and some expect more than one scenario for the crisis of the King’s series, including canceling the entire series, or the committee will find some mistakes and fix them by re-filming the scenes and showing the series at a later time after Ramadan, as well as some expecting dramatic details to justify the use of Serial some vocabulary and features.
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