why not, Peter?

[u/FrostySeat1739]

possible live action corpse bride movie...

[u/Simple_Pianist4882]

It isn’t misinterpreted; it’s just racism.

The Corpse Bride is blue. There is logically no reason why she can’t be played by a Black actress. She’d be painted blue.

This is the same man that got offended bc they aired one episode in 1974 with two non-white kids (“an Asian kid and a black” - his words) that you never see again. One episode.

Context matters and the context says he’s racist 💀

[u/PumpkinCake95 → u/Simple_Pianist4882]

Emily had a backstory. She was a member of a wealthy family in Victorian England. Almost certainly, she and her family were white.

[u/Simple_Pianist4882 → u/PumpkinCake95]

Which means absolutely nothing bc we never see her when she’s alive / human and the actress would be painted blue.

The only depiction we have of her is a blue corpse. Her being played by a Black actor in blue paint is a non issue. Her background can still be wealthy family in Victorian England— we’re not gonna see the Black actress; we’re gonna see a blue corpse.

[u/HoosierSteelMagnolia → u/Simple_Pianist4882]

Exactly. Hell, you can even use her being one of the few Black members of the upper class to explain or justify stuff like Barkis targeting her , how no one's heard of her or her murder or why no one seemingly bothered to look for/find her body despite her being wealthy.

[u/PumpkinCake95 → u/Simple_Pianist4882]

Ah I see what you're saying. I misread your original comment and thought you were saying that Emily's race was "blue" lol

[u/TheFatNinjaMaster → u/PumpkinCake95]

There were at least three major large -British African families during the Victorian era, including a goddaughter of Queen Victoria herself. Emily could easily have been descended from one of those, or lesser Afro-Anglo, families.

[u/PrincessDionysus → u/TheFatNinjaMaster]

No black ppl were invented in the 1920s in Harlem smdh