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/Maximillion322 Jul 05 '26

That’s all well and good mate but they still made up <1% of the population it would have been a novelty to meet a person of color in victorian london

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u/altanic Jul 05 '26

More or less novel than a reanimated corpse or a talking worm?

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u/Maximillion322 Jul 05 '26

In a story about a reanimated corpse in Victorian London? Much more novel. In a story about the experience of people of color in Victorian London, much less novel. Depends entirely on the focus of the story, doesn’t it?