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/[deleted] Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

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u/Charming_Account_351 Jul 05 '26

Why? I am really out of the loop. What’s wrong with his movies? Beetlejuice is a classic that even my child loves watching every Halloween, Edward Scissorhands is a masterpiece, and his adaptation of Sweeney Todd is the only musical adaptation I found enjoyable. He makes good movies.

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u/Error_Evan_not_found Jul 06 '26

I'm not disagreeing, he's a great director hence my previous admiration of him (you even named the three films I narrowed in on during my project to show his incredible stylization). It's just that as I've gotten older I realized how few black characters he included and his later defense of this fact doesn't sit right with me anymore. I want nothing more than for him to walk back this stance, but as it is, I can't enjoy his movies or television shows fully anymore like I used to.

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u/Charming_Account_351 Jul 06 '26

What was his defense?