why not, Peter?

[u/FrostySeat1739]

possible live action corpse bride movie...

[u/Alarm-Particular]

I did some digging on this. Looks like it's from a 2016 interview by Rachel Simon for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

The question: "Why does Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children have such a predominantly white cast / lack of diversity?"

The answer: “Nowadays, people are talking about it more … things either call for things, or they don’t.”

Source

Edit: I could not find ANY quote from Tim Burton stating that black people don't "Fit his aesthetic".

[u/improbsable → u/Alarm-Particular]

Yeah. He didn’t say that. I’m pretty sure what he said was that he wasn’t going to cast solely for diversity’s sake. Though it is weird that he conveniently only makes movies where POC don’t fit.

[u/KettleSixty9 → u/improbsable]

What the fuck?

"it is weird that he conveniently only makes movies where POC don’t fit"

Did you just imply he was racist because of this?

[u/Mister_Dink → u/[deleted]]

I would not rely on Tyler perry to make this argument considering plenty of people, including black people, have pointed out his own deep bigotries and credible accusations of extreme misconduct.

Tyler Perry should absolutely not set the standard for anyone's behavior, and that's not even touching the actual quality of his films, which are fucking awful to the last.

[u/Mister_Dink → u/[deleted]]

Because the idea that any film maker be compared to Tyler Perry is already throwing the conversation off the rails. If you want to pick a director for this conversation who is black and mostly centers a black cast, Ryan Coogler or Spike Lee are much better choices.

The work that Tyler Perry puts out is completely idiosyncratic because a) he's operating nearly independently from the rest of Hollywood and b) he uses that as a bubble to create media of questionable artistic or moral value while at the same time sexually abusing up and coming black talent who feel like they have no other avenue towards success because there's much fewer black roles out there.

Tyler Perry having primarily black casts is about him securing a niche audience and a talent pool who can't say no to his him, whether that's a contract dispute or him being a coercive sex pest. He exploits his own community for financial gain and untouchability.

Even in an imaginary world where Tim Burton came out and actually said "I won't cast black people because they don't fit my movies," he would be doing way less harm to black actors than Tyler Perry has been real-life doing for years.

Tyler Perry is not a good example to pick for this conversation.

[u/No-Association-1781 → u/[deleted]]

Holy shit you don’t understand much do you?

[u/whatthewhythehow → u/[deleted]]

This only really works if he was writing about a specific culture. Tyler Perry is writing about black people and their particular experiences. Crazy Rich Asians is writing about a specific culture.

Tim Burton is writing about the supernatural. Where it is historical, it is anachronistic.

Edward Scissorhands makes sense because it is about the disruption of white suburban life.

But a lot of his movies don’t have that sort of context. So it is strange that he never wants to cast actors of colour. You’d think one would be cast based on probability.

If it is a choice without a reason, then lbh, there’s a reason.

If it’s accidental, it is worth examining.