Sharp Critic Mercilessly Tears Into Kenyan Actress Lupita Nyong’o For Being ‘A Hollywood Star’
Monday evening, Kenyan actress and filmmaker, Lupita Nyong’o, bagged her first Hollywood award during the 17thHollywood Film Awards held at the Beverly Hilton, Monday evening. The award saw her receive acclamation from her Brooklyn neighbourhood to her rural village in Kisumu County.
With critics heralding her turn in “12 Years a Slave” as the movie’s breakout performance, Lupita is already being called a lock in the supporting actress category at the Oscars.
However, not everyone has been all “awwwwww’ing” her success. One Dr. Fred Shamalla Masinde, a doctor of Philosophy who resides in Brooklyn, New York, has been showing the 30 year old actress some tough love.
According to Dr. Masinde, “Lupita does not have IT. At her age if she had IT she would be a Hollywood star by now.”
He adds,
There are not many roles suiting her “here I come straight-out-of-the-jungle” ethnic looks. I guess that’s why she is in a Slavery Movie. I wonder how many slavery movies are created by Hollywood per year.
There are at least 100 Nigerian “Nollywood Stars” who have better acting skills than Lupita and yet they haven’t been accepted by Hollywood. Lupita can continue hanging out with wazungu thinking they love her but the truth is that in big screen, she cannot play any other role but slave related. Now, here are Africans who are more talented and are trying to make it big in Hollywood. They are doing much better than Lupita and yet not many pple know of them. Lets not forget Professor Odera Oruka’s son, Owiso Odera, who has been in Hollywood for more than 10 years..
So I understand that Miss Malaika Lupita thinks she is the best thing on earth but the truth is the opposite. Trust me there are more talented Africans out there who haven’t made it in Hollywood. Hollywood is a different beast.
I see people now comparing Lupita to Djimon Hounsou. Don’t forget that Djimon Hounsou was a male super model in France and then in the US before becoming a movie star. Djimon Hounsou was also a dancer for Janet Jackson in some of her greatest hits which exposed him to Janet’s fans and Hollywood in general.
She is not even the main character in that movie. But Djimon Hounsou was one of the main actors in Amistad, his first real movie.
Some people have IT; some people don’t.”
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