The writer-producer, who worked on the script for Harriet about 25 years, said the climate in Hollywood “was very different” in 1994 when the meeting took place.

“I was told how one studio head said in a meeting, ‘This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,’” he recalled. “When someone pointed out that Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, ‘It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.’”

Howard said the person who pointed out that the casting might not work was the “single black person” in the room.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

I rarely troll.

And yes, I'm aware that this isn't Julia Roberts....but still.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

I rarely troll.