{"id":1454542,"date":"2022-04-26T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454542"},"modified":"2022-04-26T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:59:39","slug":"critics-absolutely-serve-no-purpose-viola-davis-slams-reviewers-criticizing-her-portrayal-of-michelle-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-absolutely-serve-no-purpose-viola-davis-slams-reviewers-criticizing-her-portrayal-of-michelle-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Critics Absolutely Serve No Purpose\u2019: Viola Davis Slams Reviewers Criticizing Her Portrayal Of Michelle Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcritics-absolutely-serve-no-purpose-viola-davis-slams-reviewers-criticizing-her-portrayal-of-michelle-obama%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Viola-Davis-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Viola Davis is not happy about the negative reviews she got for her portrayal of former First Lady Michelle Obama in the drama series \u201cThe First Lady.\u201d The Oscar Award-winning actress spoke on the matter during an interview with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-61213761\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span>, questioning why movie critics had to exist at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCritics absolutely serve no purpose,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not saying that to be nasty, either. They always feel like they\u2019re telling you something that you don\u2019t know. Somehow that you\u2019re living a life that you\u2019re surrounded by people who lie to you and \u2018I\u2019m going to be the person that leans in and tells you the truth.\u2019 So it gives them an opportunity to be cruel to you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She said playing Mrs. Obama was \u201calmost impossible\u201d because of how recognized she is in popular culture. The 56-year-old actress insisted that \u201cyou\u2019re doing too much or not enough.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davis also described the criticism as \u201cincredibly hurtful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHow do you move on from the hurt, from failure?\u201d she said of getting such bad reviews. \u201cBut you have to. Not everything is going to be an awards-worthy performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUltimately I feel like it is my job as a leader to make bold choices,\u201d Davis concluded. \u201cWin or fail, it is my duty to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe First Lady\u201d has a 43% critics rating and 44% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/apr\/13\/the-first-lady-review-viola-davis-michelle-obama\"><span>reviewer<\/span><\/a><span> from The Guardian pointed out how the show had \u201ccringeworthy dialogue, scrambled pacing and parody-level performances\u201d while Variety reviewer Caroline Framke <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/reviews\/the-first-lady-review-anderson-pfeiffer-davis-1235230407\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the cast members \u201cstruggle to bring their characters to believable life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe writing is often clunky, obvious and filled with Big Picture Messaging, and too many of the supporting characters are one-note caricatures,\u201d Chicago Sun-Times reporter Richard Roeper wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davis stars alongside Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt. The actress was specifically targeted for the facial expressions she makes while depicting Obama, with viewers of \u201cThe First Lady\u201d calling her overly exaggerated pursed lips \u201cdistracting,\u201d per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2022-04-18\/viola-davis-michelle-obama-face-pursed-lips\">LA Times<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019re a phenomenal actress. Just stop doing your mouth like that,\u201d one fan tweeted. \u201cIt\u2019s a good show so far tho. But please stop doing our First Lady like that with your lips.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another viewer had similar thoughts. \u201cMichelle Obama did not purse her lips THAT much. What possessed Viola to think she should do that in every scene. I never thought I would see the day where Viola Davis gave a bad performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDear Viola Davis, I won\u2019t be watching #TheFirstLady, out of great respect to you, Michelle Obama, and #HTGAWM. Your exaggerated lip pursing may parodize the show. I strongly recommend subsequent episodes are urgently revised &#038; you rely on your natural intuitive tendencies,\u201d another person wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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