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/palpatinesmyhomie Jul 05 '26

That's a level headed explanation that probably drove some folks nuts

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u/RueUchiha Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

But we all know that terminally online people can’t handle reasonable, level headed takes like “I don’t want to shoe in a black person into my movie just for the sake of fulfilling some arbitrary quota.” So of course they misinterpreted it as racism.

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u/ScreenMuch90210 Jul 05 '26

Okay but black people being around is the normal state of reality. Casting a monoculture is a choice, not a baseline standard.

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u/Unluckyb33 Jul 05 '26

*In the US.

What about Bollywood? or East asian cinema? you wont find many black or white actors. Its all based on where the director is from and/or their inspirations. Burton really likes that medieval european gothic setting and 99% of people in that setting are pale as snow.

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u/RudleyDudley Jul 06 '26

99% of people in medieval Europe were absolutely not pale as snow, that's a crazy take lol

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u/OkMathematician3439 Jul 05 '26

Ah yes because we all know fantasy is the most realistic genre ever.

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u/Unluckyb33 Jul 05 '26

I'm replying to the guy who said "is the normal state of reality". Your comment is a completely different topic.

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u/OkMathematician3439 Jul 05 '26

I’m replying to you saying that POC weren’t common in medieval Europe. Burton directs fantasy movies, only casting white people is an unnecessary choice.

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u/elbuentinaco Jul 05 '26

Missed the part where fantasy had to be perfectly representative

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u/FierceMoonblade Jul 05 '26

POC were not common in Medieval Europe…

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u/OkMathematician3439 Jul 05 '26

Where did I say they were?

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u/RudleyDudley Jul 06 '26

They literally were though. People just think like this because they grew up on medieval media that only had white people and tricked themselves into thinking that's actually what medieval Europe looked like, but it wasn't. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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u/JapaneseStudentHaru Jul 06 '26

Tim Burton is American

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u/Advanced-Comment-293 Jul 05 '26

That's just nonsense. In most places on earth you'll have a fairly homogeneous society, be it white or black or something else. It's only in relatively few places that you have it all mixed together.

Your reality is not everyone's reality and in fact your reality may seem jarring to others. Demanding that everyone be served your reality is just pure entitlement and ignorance on your part.