Actor Harry Lennix calls ‘The Butler’ ‘historical porn’

[Stephanie]

Ouch!!!

SNIP;

lthough director Lee Daniels’ Oscar-baity film The Butler, which is based on the life of real life White House service-worker Eugene Allen, is receiving rave reviews — one black character actor is lashing out at the project.

Actor Harry Lennix, who most film buffs may recognize from his roles in The Matrix trilogy, Get On the Bus and most recently Man of Steel, has said the filmmaker of took Allen’s story and “ni**erfies” it and he has dismissed the project as “historical porn.”

“I read five pages of this thing and could not go any further. I tried to read more of it, and I’m not a soft spoken guy, but it was such an appalling mis-direction of history in terms of taking an actual guy who worked at the White House,” said Lennix in a July interview with Shadow and Act. But then he “ni**erfies” it. He “ni**ers” it up and he gives people these, stupid, luddite, antediluvian ideas about black people and their roles in the historical span in the White House and it becomes… well… historical porn. I refused.”

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Actor Harry Lennix calls ?The Butler? ?historical porn? | theGrio

 

[bodecea]

Ouch!!!

SNIP;

lthough director Lee Daniels’ Oscar-baity film The Butler, which is based on the life of real life White House service-worker Eugene Allen, is receiving rave reviews — one black character actor is lashing out at the project.

Actor Harry Lennix, who most film buffs may recognize from his roles in The Matrix trilogy, Get On the Bus and most recently Man of Steel, has said the filmmaker of took Allen’s story and “ni**erfies” it and he has dismissed the project as “historical porn.”

“I read five pages of this thing and could not go any further. I tried to read more of it, and I’m not a soft spoken guy, but it was such an appalling mis-direction of history in terms of taking an actual guy who worked at the White House,” said Lennix in a July interview with Shadow and Act. But then he “ni**erfies” it. He “ni**ers” it up and he gives people these, stupid, luddite, antediluvian ideas about black people and their roles in the historical span in the White House and it becomes… well… historical porn. I refused.”

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Actor Harry Lennix calls ?The Butler? ?historical porn? | theGrio

So...one man's opinion is now the Alpha and Omega.

BTW I like this guy's acting.

 

[TheOldSchool]

I'm always up for some good porn

 

[Missourian]

I'm always up for some good porn

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[Asclepias]

I think I would take the opinions of some of Hollywoods legendary actors over this guys. I never knew his name until just now. He must be bucking for some more prominent roles or he is pissed he wasnt the lead. The movie made me really think about all the different things that go into shaping history. I'm no critic but I thought it was excellent even if it was about 10 minutes too long.