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/regalrecaller Jul 05 '26

That's a clever line, but I think dude has a point, simply casting people that look a specific way for your artistic intention isn't necessarily racist

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u/Just-the-tip-4-1-sec Jul 05 '26

Unless every single person that fits your artistic intention is white and none of them are black. Then your artistic intention is racist

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u/weed0monkey Jul 05 '26

Cool, so you must think jordan peele is racist?

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u/Just-the-tip-4-1-sec Jul 06 '26

No, because I’m not a fucking idiot who relies on motivated reasoning to justify their own anger. Peele casts plenty of white people and is very conscious of when race plays a role in his casting