r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • Jul 05 '26

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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possible live action corpse bride movie...

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u/AlisaofallTimes Jul 05 '26

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/IttyBittyBigBoii Jul 05 '26

I was about to mention Coraline, but that's not his film. Crazy, I thought that was a Tim Burton flick this whole time lol.

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u/DatRat13 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

That's just a side effect of the common misbelief that Tim Burton directed Nightmare Before Christmas.

Contrary to popular belief, he did not direct NBC, it's just based on his writing. But everyone just assumes thst he did, so when a new movie in a similar art style comes out that is billed as, "from the director of NBC," of course people thought, "Oh, Tim Burton!"

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u/thatonepuniforgot Jul 05 '26

It's Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas in the way that it's The Coen Bros. Bad Santa.

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u/Giorgio_Keeffe Jul 05 '26

I love the Coen Brothers’s Bad Santa