Juliet Roberts As Harriet Sparks Memes
Hollywood’s love of whiteness knows no bounds. There’s a long, long history of Hollywood whitewashing movies and stories. We’ve had white people play Japanese cyborgs, Princes Of Persia, Last Samurais and everything in between. Now, there’s a story out that Hollywood may have gone too damn far.
You can read the full story here but long story short, a Hollywood executive said he wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.
Sigh. This is all craziness. Twitter had all sorts of jokes and reactions…and they are all hilarious.
I give you **drum roll** the new Harriet Tubman Twenty.#HarrietTubman #JuliaRoberts pic.twitter.com/rO8cn0i2qY
— Chris Beffa (@chrisbeffa) November 20, 2019
“Do you think Julia Roberts was walking around with a f****** nice shiny f****** dress on with a f****** crown on her head when she was taking slaves??? 💣 TO FREEDOM!!!” https://t.co/ij3VS0NUZC
— George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) November 20, 2019
Can’t believe that some studio head wanted to cast Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman! pic.twitter.com/LM1yBF1XiR
— Nancy Wang Yuen (@nancywyuen) November 20, 2019
Sorry, fans. We tried to dig up some of the early 90s screen tests of Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman, but all we could find were pitch stills from Ted Danson's abandoned 1993 Frederick Douglass biopic. pic.twitter.com/JM2TsNMQZN
— Disney Prime Video (@GetDisneyPrime) November 20, 2019
Julia Roberts couldn’t do Harriet Tubman, but Harriet Tubman could do The Pelican Brief.
— Ira Madison III (@ira) November 20, 2019
#JuliaRoberts is probably sitting somewhere like… pic.twitter.com/C8ux8SVGpT
— Nousheen (@noushy) November 20, 2019
Julia Roberts is somewhere minding her damn business….
— PhiDamSho® (@iAmPhiSho) November 20, 2019
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If you’re chasing a Hollywood dream and feel doubtful you’ll ever make it, remember there are executives getting paid shit loads of money to suggest JULIA ROBERTS should play Harriet Tubman. A jar of cockroaches is more qualified than some of these people so DON’T GIVE UP.
— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) November 20, 2019
Imagine suggesting Julia Roberts play Harriet Tubman when Scarlett Johansson exists. https://t.co/k6cc8rxvGJ
— Elu Thankful 🧝🏻♀️🌻 (@Strangeland_Elf) November 20, 2019
What I imagine the tension in the room was like in that general meeting when that studio exec suggested to Julia Roberts that she could play Harriet Tubman.
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) November 20, 2019
I read this as “Julia Roberts was suggested by Harriet Tubman to play studio exec” and it made more sense https://t.co/ax7ynNUXvv
— Rembert Browne (@rembert) November 20, 2019
If Julia Roberts can play Harriet Tubman then damn it Scarlett Johansson can play…oh wait. Hollywood is wild, man. People of color, friends in the industry, stay sane and grounded as you deal with this madness. Laugh at the absurdity if possible.
— Wajahat "Abu Khadija" Ali (@WajahatAli) November 20, 2019
White folks really tried it #juliaroberts pic.twitter.com/TCsRPKIq0p
— Ⱡł₮ ₴₱₳Ɽ₮₳₦ (@_spartan131) November 20, 2019
Now, Julia Roberts was just minding her own business today…… pic.twitter.com/UdCSDxZnnS
— K.Elizabeth AKA Cleopatra Jones Jr. (@theKelizabeth82) November 20, 2019
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