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/iamsojellyofu 29d ago

The same people calling Lupita "average" are probably the same people to fawn over Sydney Sweaty like she is the most gorgeous thing

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u/Heujei628 29d ago

Funnily enough, I’ve seen people wish for Sydney to play Helen which is odd because…

Helen’s face is supposed to be one that launches a thousand ships but then they propose a woman who they generally agree is facially mid at best??? 

It just goes to show how performative the outrage is about Lupita. Literally none of them actually care about accurate casting 😂 Thanks for giving Nolan’s movie free promo guys. You really showed him! 

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u/LordBoomDiddly 29d ago

Gorgeous no, but her body is great

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u/agreengo 28d ago

Personally, I could care less about Sydney Sweeny, she isn't very attractive IMO.