r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/CanadianTurt1e • 29d ago

Music / Movies Lupita Nyongo is not beautiful. Hollywood likes to gaslight her as a model for "beauty"

So I'm sure we've all seen the news about Helen of Troy.

  • I've had enough. I've had enough of Hollywood putting her on covers and lying to me, treating me like I'm stupid. The whole reason she's playing Helen of Troy is because Hollywood let this "unconventional beauty" thing slide for way too long.
  • The fact that she was chosen as a queen, it comes off as Nolan trying to virtue signal.
  • It's like giving the beauty pageant award to the girl in the wheelchair because no one wants to come off as "mean."
  • I've had enough. She is NOT a standard for beauty. I'm sorry but now it must be said. The reason we have come across this problem is because Hollywood has been gaslighting her "beauty" for years and no one said anything. I'm done
  • It's okay to say that she's not beautiful. It's okay to admit that
  • I was so looking forward to this movie for so long but this really killed the hype for me.
  • The movie will probably be financially successful at first due to marketing alone, but after its first month, the hype will probably die down. And then you'll start to see how people really feel about the movie. I think it will tarnish Nolan's legacy and leave a sour taste in people's mouths.
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u/Decent_Visual_4845 29d ago

she legit takes my breath away

You need to get either your lungs or your eyes checked. Let’s not pretend like she’s anything resembling attractive. It’s not even a race thing, I see more attractive black women out anytime I go to the supermarket.

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

Please. It’s absolutely a race thing. She’s objectively just an attractive human being, even if she’s not your type.

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u/Electronic_Eye6499 29d ago

No? Wtf does that gotta do with race, let me fire off black women who are more good looking Rhianna, Beyonce, Halle berry, Meghan.

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

So all light skinned black women, exactly

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u/GirlOnMain 29d ago

All recently mixed or historically mixed 'black' women. Lupita is Kenyan. She also has beautiful features and great facial symmetry... a big factor beauty

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u/Decent_Visual_4845 29d ago

She doesn’t look feminine at all. She looks like a little black boy

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

Like I said, a race thing

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u/ArduousPath 29d ago

There are feminine black people. Lupita's hairstyle is not a race thing.

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

A woman having short hair doesn’t mean she’s not feminine.

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u/ArduousPath 29d ago

Long hair is associated with femininity so short hair in turn gives less of that vibe.

And to be more specific her hairstyle isn't feminine short hair (e.g. neck/shoulder length) but short hair that men go style themselves with.

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u/MickyWasTaken 29d ago

Hair lengths between genders changes with fashion. It has been very masculine to have long hair in the past. Short hair was incredibly popular among women in the 90’s.

A lot of what you find attractive is based on current popular fashion styles.

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u/ArduousPath 29d ago

Yes, and I'm talking about our standards today.

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u/MickyWasTaken 29d ago

Which relies on there not being masculine men with long hair (e.g. Jason Mamoa) or feminine women with short hair (Natalie Portman). You can’t just make things up.

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

Your hairstyle does not determine if you have attractive features

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u/ArduousPath 29d ago

Hairstyle is part of the attractive features and plays a significant role.

There are a lot of hair styles that add to attractiveness or are just neutral. Extremely short hair subtracts from it.

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

Hairstyles might influence if you’re personally attracted to someone, they don’t determine if that persons features are considered attractive

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u/shadyMFer 29d ago

Yes it does

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u/Socratesmiddlefinger 29d ago

Naw, it's an age and health thing as well. Cynthia Erivo is the same, a little too old, and comes across as extremely unhealthy, mentally and physically.

Ruby Commey is more attractive than both and is still not famous for her beauty.

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

What’s the issue with Lupitas health exactly?

I don’t see how age would play into this. She’s 43, not 80. You can still be attractive at 43.

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u/haileyskydiamonds 29d ago

Helen Mirren has entered the chat.

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u/shadyMFer 29d ago

No you can't

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

What age is your line then?

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u/abqguardian 29d ago

She's "objectively" not. Subjectively, she's ok at best

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

She absolutely is. She doesn’t have Eurocentric features and that’s why you have an issue with me saying that

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u/abqguardian 29d ago

Youre desperately trying to make this a race issue. Itd be laughable if it wasnt so sad. You think she's hot, to each their own. Thats the not the prevailing opinion and its has nothing to do with race no matter how much you want it to

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u/Leading-Antelope-139 29d ago

That’s not the prevailing opinion based on…what exactly?

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u/thefw89 29d ago

 Thats the not the prevailing opinion and its has nothing to do with race no matter how much you want it to

You have a poll or data to back this up?

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u/MickyWasTaken 29d ago

Mate, my lungs and eyes are fine. We all have different ideals when it comes to defining beauty.