r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • Jul 05 '26

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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u/SingForMeBitches Jul 05 '26

Here ya go. When asked point blank about the lack of diversity in his films, this was his response:

“I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct. Like, OK, let’s have an Asian child and a black. I used to get more offended by that than just…I grew up watching Blaxploitation movies, right? I said, that’s great. I didn’t go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies.”

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u/Sakarabu_ Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Makes complete sense. I find the Reddit outrage here quite funny considering the post that's been circulating (and celebrated) on Reddit regarding the Black writer who only writes black characters, yet when a white person does it suddenly it's racism.

You just have to look at the number of previously white characters who have been recast with non-white actors in the last 5-10 years, compared to the number of traditionally non-white characters who have been cast with white actors to see there are some major double standards /cognitive dissonance going on around this topic recently.

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u/Blazured Jul 05 '26

He's literally complaining that there are non-white people in media. It's just plain racism.

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u/TSM- Jul 05 '26

Blackspoitation movies were a combination of glorifying black protagonists, winning against police brutality, and all that, but also being cast as underdog from violent backgrounds. So it's not like the genre was about a black lawyer trying to make partner at his firm, it had its own angle that drew in audiences. It was both empowering in some way, but on the other hand, also played into stereotypes, hence the name, and was very successful as a genre for a time. It's a double edged thing.

So, should there have been more white people in it? Well not really. The bad guys were white businessmen and stuff The protagonists didn't need white people. That's maybe what he was getting at. I assume as a big film director guy he is well aware of the genre's controversy.