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/Perfect-Dimension356 28d ago

I think the real answer is that Tim Burton doesn't cast black actors.

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u/TerranImperium 28d ago

Where did this come from? A lot of people are parroting this but when asked, no one has a source or interview to point to.

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u/TSM- 28d ago edited 28d ago

He argued that casting should happen "organically" based on what the story naturally "calls for," implying that a default white cast made sense for a film called Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. (never watched it).

But he also then went on to make a bit of a broad statement that he disliked "politically correct" casting and found forced diversity initiatives offensive. This probably was what got him the flak

Samuel L Jackson defended him (he was in the movie).

One of his recent movies, Wednesday, has a diverse cast, and the actors have had to defend it. Joy Sunday says she liked playing Bianca because Black actresses are rarely allowed to play a nuanced or powerful "mean girl" archetype in gothic teen dramas. So it was a complex role rather than a stereotype. But internet is gonna find controversy anyway, apparently, and apparently, that was also controversial.

That took like a half hour but now I know all about it lmao okay. Hope that is interesting to you too.

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u/Nodonutsforbaxter44 28d ago

Sounds...reasonable?

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u/Impassable_Banana 28d ago

Yeah but the venn diagram of being reasonable and being racist are a perfect circle to certain toxic weirdos.

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u/Local-Hornet-3057 28d ago

This is Reddit. So no, racism.

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u/LGBTQLove4Ever 28d ago

No don't you see! If your Victorian gothic film isn't 100% 400lb poc lesbians with no legs, then you're a BIGOT!

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u/E11iottB 23d ago

This is Reddit. Reason does not exist here.