This photo of
Mariah Carey playing a slave working in the fields in openly gay director
Lee Daniels' latest movie,
The Butler,
is causing a stir on Twitter and other social media online. Carey and Daniels have worked together before, in the Oscar-winning (and controversial)
Precious, for example, where again Mariah played against her image as a diva, to good reviews.
The Butler is about the story of
Eugene Allen, who was a butler in the White House serving 8 presidents of the United States.
Actually, I am happy about the controversy because it alerted me to
the existence of the film, which has a jaw-dropping cast including
Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Forest Whitaker, Terence Howard, John Cusack, Vanessa Redgrave, Robin Williams, Melissa Leo and many more. It also has a pretty strong trailer:
This looks like it might be a must-see next Fall!
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