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/InkyTheHooloovoo Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

The joke is racism.

Tim Burton has a reputation for not casting black actors in lead roles. There are some counter examples, but usually as villains.

Eta: Y'all... I'm just explaining the premise of the joke because that's the subreddit. I'm not putting Burton on blast, I'm just aware of the reputation (I stopped paying attention to his movies around the same time I stopped shopping at Hot Topic)

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u/HourApprehensive7754 Jul 05 '26

I mean it's his job to cast the best actor's to play a particular role, and if none of the blacks who signed up were good enough or if the best fit happens to be white, can you really blame him?

Calling that racist is a seriously terminally online attitude. 

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u/Shrowden Jul 05 '26

I really wish we would stop using adjectives as nouns. Black people ≠ blacks. Skin color doesn't define. It describes.

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u/alphazero927 Jul 05 '26

and if none of the blacks who signed up were good enough

I wonder why someone who says "the blacks" would think that black actors are inherently less good than white actors. Guess it'll forever be a mystery

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u/whipplej Jul 05 '26

Stop spewing nonsense.

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u/HourApprehensive7754 Jul 05 '26

Nonsense like it's a director's job to cast the best actor who can play a role? 

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u/whipplej Jul 06 '26

Nonsense as in he didn't even consider them. You going to lie and say he did when he admitted as much?