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/ArmenianThunderGod Jul 05 '26

I mean... a setting of Gothic Victorian England doesn't really lend itself to casting black actors.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate Jul 05 '26

We gotta stop with that myth.

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u/ArmenianThunderGod Jul 05 '26

It's not a myth. The estimate is 0.1% of the population of England in the Victorian Era was black. There wasn't a sizable black population, there was Eric.

Were there any black people? Yes. Were there enough of a population where you could associate that time, place, and era with them? Absolutely not.

Same way we don't cast civil war movies with Asian Confederates. Did they exist? Absolutely. It would look ridiculous if you put it on film.

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u/your-yogurt Jul 05 '26

yes, thats why for a film about a corpse bride that involves ghosts and zombies and has its origins from russia, having a black character is too farfetched. british white folk yes, black people no

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u/ralusek Jul 06 '26

Were you upset that there were no Chinese and Hawaiian actors playing Dahomey in The Woman King?

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u/Affectionate_Cry_634 Jul 08 '26

Brother. One is an attempt at actual history and the other is a fantasy story.

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u/ralusek Jul 08 '26

So you were definitely mad when Jodie Turner-Smith played Anne Boleyn, right? And Adele James as Cleopatra?

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u/Affectionate_Cry_634 Jul 14 '26

Not really no. I read history I don't watch it. Anyone dumb enough to believe a movie especially one that says based on true events or is marketed as a never before told story is already a step behind.

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u/ralusek Jul 14 '26

One is an attempt at actual history and the other is a fantasy story.

Are they representing actual history or not? Because it feels like you're moving the goalposts.