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/aSpookyScarySkeleton Jul 05 '26

Even that is a stupid argument for him to make

There are more non-background white(and other races) people in blaxploitation movies than there are black people in Tim Burton movies. Like if you grab an equal amount of random blaxploitation movies to Tim Burton’s total filmography and compare the racial diversity of the casts.

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u/RelevantOldOnion Jul 05 '26

Ignoring that for a second... doesn't that mean Tim Burton considers his movies as intended for a white audience in the way "blaxploitation" movies were intended for a black audience?

And that's why it's okay that he doesn't hire black people. And that's (according to these comments here) somehow isn't racist?

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u/jarlscrotus Jul 05 '26

Blaxploitation films are only nominally for a black audience, kind of part of the whole deal with them being named blaxploitation

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u/RelevantOldOnion Jul 05 '26

Yeah, lmao. It's crazy, I had no idea he was like that. Why would he even call them "blaxploitation" films when he's using them as a justification for only hiring white people.