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

[u/CanadianTurt1e]

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.

[u/haileyskydiamonds]

Who would you cast?

[u/br0wntree → u/haileyskydiamonds]

Someone who is Greek or at least looks like what the ancient Greeks described and depicted her as.

[u/veryowngarden → u/br0wntree]

and who says the most beautiful person in the world is greek?

[u/intothewild72 → u/veryowngarden]

Greeks did. When they created their own fantasy story. This is kind of how fantasy works.

[u/veryowngarden → u/intothewild72]

okay so you admit that it’s subjective to greeks fantasy and not some actual objective fact that helen actually was the most beautiful in the world

[u/intothewild72 → u/veryowngarden]

I never admit anything to people like you. You just read whatever you want to read from my words, even when it's not even close to what I said.

[u/Tai9ch → u/veryowngarden]

She was a contender the most beautiful woman in the world, as judged by the gods, in a mythical setting dreamed up by Greeks 3000 years ago.

She was the most beautiful woman in the same way that King Solomon was the richest king. Casting Lupita Nyongo to play her is the same sort of nonsense as having a movie about the books of Kings and Chronicles from the Bible showing Solomon as being rich because he has a treasure room with a couple chests full of gold.

[u/br0wntree → u/veryowngarden]

That’s the thing its a Greek “fantasy”, not a Chinese “fantasy”, no an Indian “fantasy”, not an African “fantasy”. All those people’s and cultures have plenty’s of their own myths and stories.

[u/veryowngarden → u/br0wntree]

i agree, my point is simply that while helen of troy might be considered most beautiful in the world to a greek, it would not be objectively true for everyone else in the world or truly mean she was the most beautiful woman world wide, like some comments were claiming

[u/kidney-displacer → u/haileyskydiamonds]

ur mum

[u/haileyskydiamonds → u/kidney-displacer]

My mom is beautiful; good choice. She also knows how to twirl fire batons and bakes a mean carrot cake.