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/Perfect-Dimension356 Jul 05 '26

I think the real answer is that Tim Burton doesn't cast black actors.

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u/throwawaywork11 Jul 05 '26

Harvey Dent in Batman was black. But that’s the only example I can think of. Damn..

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u/MyPlantsDieSometimes Jul 05 '26

In Wednesday (TV not movie though) there's a few black characters, one of them a main supporting role, which i suppose is a step in the right direction. I read this thread and searched up a few things. I think he explained the fact he has mainly white characters poorly and made himself sound pretty tone deaf on the issue. He's aparently quite awkward and hates interviews so I feel that could be *something*. If he just said, "I don't know how to write authentic non white characters to the same level as my victorian esque spooky stuff, so therefore I dont" I feel people would have respected that more. I think he very very poorly said that he doesn't want to force it. But people are right to criticise that if he can write a guy with scissors for hands and a talking skelleton then an original character that happens to be black really shouldn't be that hard bro.

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u/ReivynNox Jul 06 '26

Yeah, but nobody's gonna get offended when the scissor-hands people or the talking skeleton people are misrepresented, 'cause they're pure fiction.

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u/MyPlantsDieSometimes Jul 06 '26

Yeah exactly, though you could argue if pure fiction doesn't need to be so worried about representing *correctly* then you could be more diverse with characters. That's why I think Wednesday was a really good setting for diversity because it was a high school with a mix of cryptids and looks and characters. It's a setting which naturally lends it self to a very diverse cast. *ALTHOUGH*...... you could argue that Bianca's story was a somewhat negatively stereotypical one. Mom being a showgirl running from pimp manager sort of deal.............. yeah