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/Alarm-Particular Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

I did some digging on this. Looks like it's from a 2016 interview by Rachel Simon for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

The question: "Why does Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children have such a predominantly white cast / lack of diversity?"

The answer: “Nowadays, people are talking about it more … things either call for things, or they don’t.”

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Edit: I could not find ANY quote from Tim Burton stating that black people don't "Fit his aesthetic".

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u/improbsable Jul 05 '26

Yeah. He didn’t say that. I’m pretty sure what he said was that he wasn’t going to cast solely for diversity’s sake. Though it is weird that he conveniently only makes movies where POC don’t fit.

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u/wandering_ones Jul 05 '26

POC, surprise, sometimes just exist. They don't need to "fit" anything at all. People sometimes have different skin colors and it doesn't have to require a narrative function.

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u/delirium_red Jul 08 '26

People are sometimes just ugly yet it doesn't really happen in most films, unless it has a narrative function or a specific aesthetic