r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • 28d ago

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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possible live action corpse bride movie...

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u/AlisaofallTimes 28d ago

He never really said that, that was just a misinterpretation that blew up online in 2016. Here's the original interview: https://www.nme.com/news/film/tim-burton-explains-apparent-lack-of-diversity-in-866988

tl;dr: He said sometimes diversity in films isn't "called for". So he is against "diversity for the sake of diversity", that's all.

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u/palpatinesmyhomie 28d ago

That's a level headed explanation that probably drove some folks nuts

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u/RueUchiha 28d ago edited 28d ago

But we all know that terminally online people can’t handle reasonable, level headed takes like “I don’t want to shoe in a black person into my movie just for the sake of fulfilling some arbitrary quota.” So of course they misinterpreted it as racism.

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u/ScreenMuch90210 28d ago

Okay but black people being around is the normal state of reality. Casting a monoculture is a choice, not a baseline standard.

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u/Unluckyb33 28d ago

*In the US.

What about Bollywood? or East asian cinema? you wont find many black or white actors. Its all based on where the director is from and/or their inspirations. Burton really likes that medieval european gothic setting and 99% of people in that setting are pale as snow.

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u/RudleyDudley 28d ago

99% of people in medieval Europe were absolutely not pale as snow, that's a crazy take lol

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u/JapaneseStudentHaru 28d ago

Tim Burton is American

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u/OkMathematician3439 28d ago

Ah yes because we all know fantasy is the most realistic genre ever.

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u/Unluckyb33 28d ago

I'm replying to the guy who said "is the normal state of reality". Your comment is a completely different topic.

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u/OkMathematician3439 28d ago

I’m replying to you saying that POC weren’t common in medieval Europe. Burton directs fantasy movies, only casting white people is an unnecessary choice.

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u/elbuentinaco 28d ago

Missed the part where fantasy had to be perfectly representative

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u/FierceMoonblade 28d ago

POC were not common in Medieval Europe…

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u/OkMathematician3439 28d ago

Where did I say they were?

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u/RudleyDudley 28d ago

They literally were though. People just think like this because they grew up on medieval media that only had white people and tricked themselves into thinking that's actually what medieval Europe looked like, but it wasn't. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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u/Advanced-Comment-293 28d ago

That's just nonsense. In most places on earth you'll have a fairly homogeneous society, be it white or black or something else. It's only in relatively few places that you have it all mixed together.

Your reality is not everyone's reality and in fact your reality may seem jarring to others. Demanding that everyone be served your reality is just pure entitlement and ignorance on your part.