Twitter is fact-checking Elizabeth Banks!
During the 43-year-old star’s acceptance speech at the Women in Film Los Angeles’ Crystal + Lucy Awards on Tuesday night — she spewed some alternative facts when she said Steven Spielberg had never made a movie with a female lead.
ICYMI, the actress told the crowd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel:
“I went to Indiana Jones and Jaws and every movie Steven Spielberg ever made, and by the way, he’s never made a movie with a female lead. Sorry, Steven. I don’t mean to call your ass out but it’s true.”
In fact, out of the 30 feature films the legendary filmmaker has made, there was one with a female lead… The Color Purple, of course!
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Apparently, Banks just carried on with her speech when someone in the crowd corrected her, so leave it to people online to pick up where they left off!
Let’s see what the Internet had to say about Banks ignoring the iconic film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey (below)!
Steven Spielberg directed The Color Purple, one of, if not, the greatest books/movies about Black women. Be quiet. https://t.co/32sSxkPN6f
— Evette Dionne 🤔 (@freeblackgirl) June 15, 2017
Also, Elizabeth Banks is older than me so how did she forget The Color Purple? pic.twitter.com/AdECVjXP80
— Venus Santos (@VMSantos) June 15, 2017
DONT. EVER COME FOR THE COLOR PURPLE. EVER.
— Nia Wright (@Infamous_NoBody) June 15, 2017
For those who are unaware, black people black women especially LOVE The Color Purple. As a child it played in VCR’s from 89′ til VCR’s died.
— Lawdeala (@Lawdeala) June 15, 2017
Live look at the TL coming together because of The Color Purple slander pic.twitter.com/7h6KJDP7rk
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 15, 2017
ELIZABETH BANKS: Steven Spielberg never made a movie with a female lead
AUDIENCE MEMBER: He made “The Color Purple”
ELIZABETH BANKS: pic.twitter.com/gHTjKZS2C4
— Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) June 15, 2017
And by “female” she means white woman because The Color Purple doesn’t count for her. https://t.co/15rs6JzFuS
— WonderWil🙅🏽 (@WilGafney) June 15, 2017
Black Twitter is sounding off against some white girl calling The Color Purple a flop. pic.twitter.com/iu7SPKI7Q7
— EstablishedQueerJoy (@mcgarrygirl78) June 15, 2017
When you see all the good people of black twitter dragging elizabeth banks for ignoring The Color Purple pic.twitter.com/o6daY3uEa3
— Taco (@tacosoda) June 15, 2017
When you see all the good people of black twitter dragging elizabeth banks for ignoring The Color Purple pic.twitter.com/o6daY3uEa3
— Taco (@tacosoda) June 15, 2017
The only thing that can stop this The Color Purple clap back is if Beyonc├â┬⌐ says “They’re here, and their names are…”
— Doug Boyce (@boycedubya) June 15, 2017
Banks ignored The Color Purple because black women/ black narratives are only considered worthy if they are netting a white person an award.
— Shanelle Little (@ShanelleLittle) June 15, 2017
If I see ANY ONE trying to defend Elizabeth Banks statement about Spielberg and women by panning The Color Purple
I
WILL
FIGHT pic.twitter.com/ciGUA2fQqh
— Ash-teroid Blues (@tokenblackchick) June 15, 2017
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