A tweet from Mark Howard (@HowardMarkLouis) from July 21, 2023:
"I can’t wait to see CLSORDTRD!"
The image shows Gal Gadot as Cleopatra in the upcoming film — golden double crown, green eyeshadow, the full Ptolemaic regalia. The title is written in Greek: ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ (Kleopatra).
The scramble joke is the point — "CLSORDTRD" looks like someone typed CLEOPATRA while having a seizure, which is roughly the cultural discourse around this film. Cleopatra was Greek (Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty), played by an Israeli actress, with the title rendered in Greek, for a film that has been in development hell for years.
🎙 **Gorgocutie Explains: The Cleopatra Discourse
👋 Alex: Why is the title in Greek?
💋 Gorgocutie: Because Cleopatra was Greek, Alex. She was a Ptolemy — the dynasty that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great’s general took over. They spoke Greek, ruled as Greeks, and Cleopatra was actually the FIRST Ptolemy to bother learning Egyptian.
👋 Alex: So the Greek title makes historical sense?
💋 Gorgocutie: It does. And the scramble is the joke — the film has been so tangled in production, casting debates, and cultural controversies that even the title comes out scrambled. CLSORDTRD says everything about this project without saying anything at all.
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