Back in September 2018, Viola Davis admitted that he regret his participation in the drama of Teit Taylor "servants" (2011), even though the role in this picture brought her a nomination for Oscar in the category "Best Women's Role". Two years later, Davis returned to this topic in an interview with Vanity Fair, stating that she still feels like a loyal film. The "servant" again turned out to be in the center of attention against the background of anti-racistic protests who captured the United States after the death of George Floyd.
Davis, like her colleague Bryce Dallas Howard, accuses to "servant" in that this nominally anti-racistic film is designed primarily on the White Spectators:
Not many stories contribute to the development of our humanity. Many narratives reveal the idea of being black, but ... all this is done in favor of the White Public. Mostly the white audience can sit down and get an academic lesson about who we are. Then they will leave the cinema and will talk about the meaning of the seen. But no one will be touched by those who we are. There is no one for whom the "servant" would not become entertainment. But something in me says that I would seem to betray myself and my people, because I starred in the film, which was not ready to tell the whole truth.
What at one time did Davis forced to agree to the role of Eibiin? According to the actress, she decided on such a step only due to the fact that it was her chance to break up the top. Davis argues that "unknown and faceless black actresses" extremely rarely make it possible to declare themselves in the whole voice, getting into one row with such "amazing white performers" as Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon or Kristen Stewart.