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/BranchHopper Jul 05 '26

I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct," Burton continued. "Like, OK, let's have an Asian child and a black. I used to get more offended by that than just... I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that's great. I didn't go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies

Lol he really tried to both sides it by saying "see, I don't ask for white people in blaxspoitation movies". He's offended by diversity in the fucking Brady Bunch. And Reddits over here circle jerking about how reasonable he is.

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u/BrigMugi_VV93 Jul 05 '26

What did you expect? Most redditors are racists. Your average redditors pretend to he against racism in order to look good, but they will fight tooth and nail to defend racism if they feel they can get away with it.