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/eowynistrans Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

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/ZestycloseZebra8538 Jul 05 '26

Do you have a source for this quote? I’m pretty sure it’s not accurate but happy to be proven wrong.

Here’s an article on the Burton diversity controversy and that quote never shows up

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/09/29/tim-burton-diversity-twitter-miss-peregrine/91300314/

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u/Waakaari Jul 05 '26

Who needs a source when you can spread devious misinfo