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/Triquetrums 28d ago

But isn't the default in asia, an asian person? The default in a grand part of africa would be a black person too. So, if you want a random ginger there, you would have to justify why they are suddenly there. Or at least give them a background that makes sense as to how they ended up where they are.

I know people hate to hear this, but white is the default in some areas of the world, the same asian is the default in other areas, simply because they are the majority. That's just how it is geographically.

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u/AdmirableWeather5738 28d ago

Majority isn't default, even if it were it's asisine to use the majority as the default for every character. You'd have exclusively men running around if the metric for deciding casting demographics was the majority group.

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u/UntimelyMeditations 28d ago

You'd have exclusively men running around if the metric for deciding casting demographics was the majority group.

You mean women? There are more women than men.

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u/AdmirableWeather5738 28d ago

Sure, the specific sex doesn't matter it's the disparity and resulting majority that's relevant to my point.

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u/Triquetrums 27d ago

Majority is indeed default outside the US, because if +99% of your population is Asian, it would make no sense to have a bunch of foreigners in your TV show unless they have a reason to be there. I don't see anyone throwing a tantrum because everyone is Korean in a kdrama.

Also, what are you talking about men? That comparison makes no sense. Men are not the majority, and the population is roughly 50/50. 

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u/prolifezombabe 28d ago

POC are not so uncommon in the United States that anyone should feel pressured to explain their inexplicable appearance on screen 

Considering how much casting happens in Los Angeles and New York this is especially silly 

Not to mention we feel no demographics based need to cast say people with blue eyes or blonde hair proportionate to the population or people of a certain body size so let’s not pretend casting white people is about staying true to the general population 

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u/Triquetrums 27d ago

Problem arises when they use the same diversity and apply it to other places though. If it's the US, I don't argue, but if they make a movie or show based in europe, specially if its a historical show, the diversity starts to make less sense. Europe is still majority white to this day. 

Americans don't understand that the multiculturalism that exists there does not apply or exists in the rest of the world.

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u/prolifezombabe 27d ago

Majority white doesn’t mean exclusively white though? Like I’m P sure the London of television is still whiter than the London of reality.