Comments on: Viola Davis Won’t Play Another Maid, Wants Better Roles for Black People

By: ella

ella — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:31:02 +0000

her role in beautiful creatures is not treated like a maid at all, in fact the main charcter considers her like her mom and its more about her background of vodoo and stuff soooo dont be so winy viola

By: cmc

cmc — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:51:13 +0000

I fully agree with her. Get ‘em, Viola…when I was a little girl, I didn’t have beautiful, strong dark-skinned black actresses to look up to so I hope she becomes that for the next generation. Fortunately, when I have a little girl she’ll have a lot more to aspire to/look up to. Things have changed a lot and I hope they continue changing.

Aside:Did you *have* to use that picture, though? So many gorgeous shots of her with her natural hair and you chose the grossest one ever!

By: mireee

mireee — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:09:05 +0000

You sack of racist shit.

By: XYZ

XYZ — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:05:33 +0000

another negro whining….

By: archphoenix

archphoenix — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:17:06 +0000

Love Viola and she’s right, there’s a world of difference between being a maid in “The Help” and in “Beautiful Creatures.” Good for her for speaking up.

By: meh

meh — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:33:19 +0000

She’s wearing way too much make up.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:22:56 +0000

While I get where she is coming from, she’s being awfully picky for someone I’ve never heard of. Plenty of sucessful actors have made great money being typecast (like Danny Trejo, who is the same guy in nearly everything), and its better to be typecast than not cast at all.

By: Anna G.

Anna G. — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:41:25 +0000

I couldn’t agree more! It’s good to know there are actresses out there taking a stand. This “magical negro” nonsense has gotten old.