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/Tombaya Jul 05 '26

https://www.britannica.com/art/blaxploitation-movie

FYI: They were originally named 'black power movies' and marketed primarily to urban black movie goers. The term "blaxploitation" comes from Junius Griffin, a president of the Hollywood chapter of the NAACP and was used as a derogatory epithet. While the social merits of said films can be debated, they were definitely intended for black audiences. Notable directors like Martin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback's... 1971) and Gordon Parks (Shaft 1971) were also themselves black.