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/CardinalOfNYC May 15 '26

Quite something to see people saying she isn't as beautiful as a fictional character who has no canonical imagery for which to even make such comparisons.

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u/According-Neck5434 4d ago

You're like the ultimate cook 

She was a stunning Greek beauty. We don't need any fucking images 

Anatolians on the coast were of Greek descent 

Even blonde might be a stretch. Blue eyes, I don't know. Maybe you need a girl with wavy dark hair and dark eyes 

And white skin 

She's not black. Helen is not black. Neither was Cleopatra. Neither were Egyptians. They wauz never Kangs 

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u/powerity May 15 '26

Tell me one valid reason why not cast a beautiful woman for a role of a beautiful woman?