Desert dessert - 'Cleopatra' reigns as luscious, spectacular eye candy.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: May 20, 1999| Author: Collins, Monica | Copyright information

She must be obeyed - Cleopatra, Queen of the Dial.

On Sunday night - if admittedly shaky TV justice prevails - ABC's "Cleopatra" will rule as a siren's swan song of sweeps. The saga of the ancient Egyptian queen and her powerful Roman Romeos is the dromedary in the wading pool. The miniseries is just too huge to ignore, flaws and all.

The production, which airs during two nights (Sunday and Monday at 9 on WCVB Ch. 5), is lush, lavish, sexy, campy. All that. <...

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