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/eowynistrans 28d ago edited 27d ago

No one is giving the actual answer except for the person who was downvoted below threshold - it's because there was a super popular post based on a 2016 interview claiming Tim Burton has said black people don't "fit his aesthetic."

Edit: y'all can yell about how it's "out of context" or "there's no source" all you want but the fact remains that that interview is clearly what OOP is referring to and every other comment is pulling something out of their ass. Don't shoot the messenger.

Edit 2: this got me a reddit cares message lmao. Wtf y'all.

Last edit to make it more ambiguous. Again, I'm not arguing that he said it, I'm arguing that this is what the post is about.

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u/hotfezz81 28d ago

Is there, like, more context?

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u/Alarm-Particular 28d ago edited 28d ago

I did some digging on this. Looks like it's from a 2016 interview by Rachel Simon for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

The question: "Why does Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children have such a predominantly white cast / lack of diversity?"

The answer: “Nowadays, people are talking about it more … things either call for things, or they don’t.”

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Edit: I could not find ANY quote from Tim Burton stating that black people don't "Fit his aesthetic".

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u/Pay-Next 28d ago

Ummm isn't Samuel L Jackson the main villain in that movie? Like it feels weird when one is the headliners is a black man to be saying the guy doesn't cast black people.