![]() ![]() What I mean is, I wouldn’t call Tim a racist in the sense that he actively If you ask me, he needs to realize that his vision isn’t just his anymore. His argument, which amounts to the tired “forced diversity” excuse, is really weak.Īnd yet, I don’t think Burton is trying to be offensive or is truly hateful inĪnyway. Harkened to one specific part of the world or culture? Pretty much never, so Here, aside from Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd, when has a Tim Burton film ever This line from The Melancholy Death of Oyster BoyĪnd most potently of all, as it is one of my favorite Tim Burton movies, Toshiaki from Frankenweenie:ĭiverse casts are not always necessary for whatever film he was making, especially when they’re period pieces. There have been moments where he proved this wrong, such asīut then there’s this scene which I always found uncomfortable in Beetlejuice Racism in an otherwise modern and progressive film. If his castsĪren’t 90% wonderbread, he has this really bad 80s habit of shockingly blunt However, Burton hasn’t always had the best track record of diverse roles. As a feminist I’m actually kinda impressed by how well he can direct movies about women and just female characters in general. He can make a movie about whoever he wants. So there’s the fact that not wanted to be more inclusive is troublesome but I think it can be argued with. Who don’t have that much of an ethnic or cultural identity a place to be with That cultural significance with the rest of the world, to simply giving people It connects us all, from wanting to share Death and uncomfortable subject matter is present in everyĬulture and spoken in every language. Practically undead zombie girls like Lydia Deetz (and yes I know that pale skin is kind of a character design thing rather than exclusion, but you know what I mean). Love the same things I do, they’re never portrayed in the media as much as the Goth-subculture and that’s a lack of recognition to the gothic people of color.Įven though I’ve met black Goths, Hispanic Goths, Indian Goths, Asian Goths and so on who White ppl in blaxploitation movies dur it’s fair”, and let’s just say people aren’t happy with him…Burton being such a bigĪrtistic force in the goth fandom it reinstates a problem I see a lot with Combined that with his comments about how he thoughtīrady Bunch was offensive for it’s “PC thing” and “they don’t force The only black guy in sight of his new film is Samuel L. Peculiar Children, that he gets angry at people trying to “force” diversity Interview about Miss Peregrine’s Home for From October 2016, three weeks before Doomsday or soįor those who don’t know, Burton basically said in an If you have anything to add or talk about it with me, feel free to talk to me in my inbox or message me with your thoughts. It’s been lying in my box forever and though times have already changed so much since Halloween, I think my argument deserves to at least be shared. This is an old thing I wrote back in October back when Burton made some not so sensitive comments about diversity. ![]()
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