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The Roast of Pharaoh

A blistering farewell to history’s most flamboyant tyrant

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Peter Fox
Apr 10, 2025
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Disasters Strike Egypt - The Ten Commandments 1956

Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Rameses II in The Ten Commandments (1956), © Paramount Pictures.

Hey, Pharaoh. You dusty little bitch.

Let me begin by stating the obvious: go fuck yourself.

Preferably with your own staff.

No, seriously. Take that gold-plated walking stick and ram it right up those sandy cheeks you call a throne.

Has anyone ever told you, you look like a Miami drag queen who fell into a tub of bronzer? Might as well commit to the bit, you desert diva.

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