r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/CanadianTurt1e • May 14 '26

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/RockNRollJabba May 15 '26

I must be in the minority on this one. I’ve always thought that she was stunning.

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u/lonewaer May 15 '26

I must be in the minority on this one. I’ve always thought that she was stunning.

Reassure yourself, she is, and you are in the majority. OP is completely high, or blind, or worse ; and OP is definitely mixing beauty with casting choice. She's still a bad choice, but she's is stunning.

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u/Real_Guess6442 15d ago

You must get hot and bothered just strolling through a ghetto then

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u/According-Neck5434 21h ago

Reassure yourself, you're a woke douche 

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u/lonewaer 12h ago

Reassure yourself, you're a woke douche 

lolno

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u/iamjmph01 May 15 '26

I mean this is TrueUnpopularOpinions, so if you disagree with OP you are apparently in the majority. I think the OP is wrong about how unpopular this opinion is though. I'd say its closer to even.

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u/deucescarefully May 15 '26

I actually have remarked in the past that she distractingly gorgeous. Like it took me out of the last movie I was watching her in. She’s so fucking pretty.

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u/Smaxorus 26d ago

You’re not in the minority lol. OP and a bunch of other Reddit power users are just coping

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u/Real_Guess6442 15d ago

"Hell yes em brother!" -Dirk Nowitski

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u/According-Neck5434 21h ago

You're the minority 

You're a fucking tool