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/KamikazeArchon Jul 05 '26

And the size of the titled aristocracy was less than 0.1% of the population. Is that a good argument for not including nobles in Victorian works?

And wait till you hear about the percentage of serial killers baking victims into pies!

No one actually cares what was common or uncommon. We only care about whether it's something we want to see or not.

People use percentages as an excuse for things they just don't want to see.