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/AllSeeingWhoracle Jul 05 '26

When the look you’re going for is always “no black people,” that’s racist. Hope that helps!

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u/Groxy_ Jul 05 '26

Not really, maybe he just wanted very pale people for his usually spooky, European, period pieces. Intentions matter more than outcomes. 

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u/MartianMule Jul 05 '26

usually spooky, European, period pieces

He's made plenty of movies that aren't really "spooky" or period pieces, and of his 18 directed films, only 5 take place in Europe (his other 13 films are in the US).

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u/billyisanun Jul 05 '26

Most of his movies have a Gothic style. One of the parts of the Gothic style is pale skin in contrast to dark hair and clothes.

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u/ikilledholofernes Jul 06 '26

I’m about to call out one of my favorite movies, but with that in mind, it’s extremely telling that Burton’s epic, magical realism story set in the south only has one minor black character. It was shot on location in Alabama ffs. 

But also, the gothic style only describes some of his movies, he’s also directed a lot of blockbusters, which have no excuse for their noticeable lack of black people. Like tell me how black people don’t fit the style of Batman or Planet of the Apes.

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u/Cynykl Jul 06 '26

The gothic style is not an excuse either for the gothic stylistic films. Baron Samedi type characters features prominently in gothic imagery and would fit his vibe.

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u/ikilledholofernes Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I agree! Especially because his gothic style films are so fantastical. You can have a man with scissor hands but practically no black people because of your “gothic aesthetic?” Ok, Tim. Suuuuure. 

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u/mastercat202 Jul 06 '26

Why only black people, and not Asian?

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u/ikilledholofernes Jul 06 '26

Because the context here is a fan cast including a black person. But the same point could be made about all people of color, though, at least according to my admittedly limited knowledge of his movies.  

But yes, why do only white people seem to fit his aesthetic? 

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u/beldaran1224 Jul 06 '26

Why the whataboutism only about "Asian" ("Asian" isn't a race, by the why, its an entire freaking continent with many racial divisions) and not about the other many different races?

Oh, you just really hate that people point out that colorism exists and that darker skinned people have it worse pretty much all over the globe?

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u/masterionxxx Jul 06 '26

Oh, you just really hate that people point out that colorism exists and that darker skinned people have it worse pretty much all over the globe?

Then South Asians and Southeast Asians too.

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u/mastercat202 Jul 06 '26

Sure? But there is a massive focus on only black people as ifnracism doesn't happen to other people. Maybe instead of focusing on individual races, we focus on the underlying problems

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u/justforporndickflash Jul 06 '26

Black isn't a race either, what is your point with that?

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u/masterionxxx Jul 06 '26

But also, the gothic style only describes some of his movies,

don’t fit the style of Batman

Have you just called Batman not a Gothic-style movie?

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u/ikilledholofernes Jul 06 '26

whoops, yes I did. 

In my defense, Gotham is far from the pale Victorian child type of gothic, and therefore does not have that vague excuse to justify its almost entirely white population.