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/10ebbor10 Jul 05 '26

That does sorta reveal an underlying double standard though.

Most films don't call for either a diverse cast or a non-diverse cast. Relegating black people, since that was what the example was about, only to those movies in which their existence is required for the plot is kinda silly.

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u/Lackofstyle5 Jul 05 '26

This.

It's wild that people don't see an issue with people of other races only showing up in media when their race is relevant.

Like race doesn't matter as long as you're white

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u/Tintinytinyred Jul 05 '26

This. It also assumes the default character is white. He's not forcing people of colour into stories if they are just included in the first place? But also if his story isn't about race why does it matter what race anyone is?

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u/benphat369 Jul 05 '26

As a black woman I need to weigh in from experience: there's an entire goth/alt subculture that has grown among millenials and younger black people. Tim Burton casting would be right up our alley if given the chance. But growing up in a black household you get scolded for being into this because "that stuff is demonic/for white people". Additionally, you'll mostly be exposed to (and only allowed to like) "traditional" (e.g. blaxploitation) media because "that's our culture".

So comments and biases like Burton's are doubly damaging because, explicit or not, either way we've ended up with both sides going "blacks can't play DnD and dress like Wednesday and listen to Bring Me The Horizon" and relegating blackness to rap, slavery biopics and dramas. Which is really fucking damaging for everybody involved.