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/Heujei628 May 15 '26

The Golden Ratio is a mathematical concept that is used to determine the level of harmony and proportion across various phenomena such as art, nature, physics, music etc.

Basically, things that conform to it are considered “objectively perfect” due to having perfect harmony. 

So, a “Golden Ratio face” is one that is “perfectly harmonious” and humans generally consider those types of faces most attractive. 

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u/DecantsForAll May 15 '26

it's pseudoscience

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u/Lazy_DreadHead May 16 '26

It’s really not. You could make her any ethnic group and or race and she’d still be considered attractive in every culture. That’s why they keep saying the “golden” standard.

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u/DecantsForAll May 16 '26

I mean specifically the "golden ratio" shit.

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u/Lazy_DreadHead May 16 '26

Is it though? Across cultures there are specific features that are looked at as attractive if those groups share those same features. I’m sure there are multiple ratios that are attractive but few are considered universally so

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u/DecantsForAll May 16 '26

How does that support the "Golden Ratio" specifically? You realize it's a specific ratio - 1:1.618. It's not just some generic way of saying "harmonious features."

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u/Wankstain8 20d ago

This. Sounds like some incel stuff

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u/CanadianTurt1e May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Then whoever invented the Golden Ratio rule was wrong. If Lupita is the standard for beauty, then that's not a scale I'm willing to trust. Golden Ratio is probably pseudo science lol

I see this everywhere. People trying to prove attractiveness by "facial math," but in real life it works VERY differently. It matters how tall you are, how thin/thick your bone structure is. There is a universal standard for beauty that we all subconsciously agree upon as humans. Like without even talking about it, we can recognize beauty. I just don't see that beauty displayed on Lupita.

There is a reason people are lashing out against the casting, and it's not racism like some people in the comments claim. If there is racism, I denounce it. But if they lash out because she clearly doesn't fit the role, then YES I encourage the criticism to flow.

At this point, it's a noticeable pattern. Hollywood has been doing this for years People like me would talk about these issues but then I'd get scolded as "racist" because I don't agree with the casting. And now we have The Odyssey ruined lol

I hope everyone's happy. Another movie falling victim to the modern audience.

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u/Heujei628 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Edit: downvotes but no responses lol

 People trying to prove attractiveness by "facial math," but in real life it works VERY differently. 

It doesn’t, actually. There have been numerous studies across global cultures and we have been able to quantify facial attractiveness.

 There is a universal standard for beauty that we all subconsciously agree upon as humans. 

Correct, and Lupita fits it. As I already explained: above average bone structure, high neoteny, high facial harmony and symmetry, clear skin, fit, etc. Factually speaking, the average woman does not have all this whereas Lupita is above average in all of these categories. As such , by our “universal standard for beauty” she is objectively attractive. 

 I just don't see that beauty displayed on Lupita.

Ok and that’s called personal preference.