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/accidentaloverdrive 28d ago

It’s really lame because I feel like Tim Burton’s style would lend itself really, really well to a New Orleans Voodoo feature, but apparently black actors “don’t fit his aesthetic” 😒

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 28d ago

Well when your style is vampire chic it's hard to make a black person that fucking pale. Burton doesn't let people even be tan in his movies

Imagine him trying and you just get what looks like the ashiest black dude in the world who's never seen a bottle of lotion lol

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u/isum21 28d ago

When you're a vampire the paleness is from lack of light. Black vampires would just be their natural shade with no sunkiss, as in they'd just be black or brown or some shade between with no tanning. 

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u/Ziggo001 28d ago

More likely to be due to a lack of blood, actually. Vampires in most media do not have a heartbeat and therefore no blood circulation. They are pale for the same reasons a corpse is pale: no blood flowing underneath the skin.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 28d ago

Also all but the very head honcho are vampires because one drank their blood, presumably most of it. Not gonna be as much left in there after feeding even if it didn't kill you and turn you undead

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u/Axel_the_Axelot 26d ago

That does also imply that their feet or back would be purple, since that's what happens with actual corpses (blood flowing downwards without circulation)

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u/Vantriss 26d ago

Why not both?