Davis says the film was 'created in the filter and the cesspool of systemic racism.'
Viola Davis talks 'How to Get Away With Murder' going out with a bangKevin Winter/Getty Images, FILEThe Tony, Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress, 54, played Aibileen Clark, a Black maid living in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1960s in the 2011 Tate Taylor-directed drama.
The film, which also starred Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastain, was nominated for four , including Davis' best actress nomination for her performance. Despite its success, the actress has been vocal in the past on her grievances with the construction of the story."Not a lot of narratives are also invested in our humanity. They’re invested in the idea of what it means to be Black, but…it’s catering to the white audience," she told the outlet."The white audience at the most can sit and get an academic lesson into how we are.
"There’s no one who’s not entertained by 'The Help.' But there’s a part of me that feels like I betrayed myself, and my people, because I was in a movie that wasn’t ready to [tell the whole truth]," she said. The actress added that the drama was"created in the filter and the cesspool of systemic racism."The New York Times"I just felt that at the end of the day that it wasn’t the voices of the maids that were heard," she said."I know Aibileen.
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