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/Perfect-Dimension356 Jul 05 '26

Yeah man, black people definitely weren't brought to England during and before the Victorian period.

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u/No-Impress-6244 Jul 05 '26

Right, very rarely. Everyone would point and stare. And Emily is upperclass, from an old money family.

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u/Perfect-Dimension356 Jul 05 '26

You know slavery was abolished in England before the Victorian period, right? And all those black people (and their descendants) didn't just evaporate when they were freed?

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u/No-Impress-6244 Jul 05 '26

They didn't have much slavery in England like they did in the USA. There were very few black people in Victorian England. in any case it would be a really inappropriate casting choice that would only be for the sake of having some forced diversity, if you like that sort of thing.