Viola Davis says she felt like she “betrayed” herself by starring in ‘The Help’
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nme.comThe Help.The actress reiterated thoughts first discussed in 2018 in The New York Times, about regretting taking the role as a maid in Tate Taylor’s period drama, which focuses on a white woman who develops a friendship with two Black maids.“Not a lot of narratives are also invested in our humanity,” Davis said in a new interview with Vanity Fair. “They’re invested in the idea of what it means to be Black, but…it’s catering to the white audience.“The white audience at the most can sit and get an academic lesson into how we are.
Then they leave the movie theater and they talk about what it meant. They’re not moved by who we were.”She continued: “There’s no one who’s not entertained by The Help.
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