If you’re describing “colourblind casting” then I actually really like that, because it’s like peering through a mirror brightly, where our ancestors somehow got it right.
I don’t know how to explain it, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it. Does that make sense?
If you’re doing a period piece where inequality is well recorded as being the norm, then there would be care taken to accurately representing that. You can have characters who disagree with that norm, but they should be represented as an exception. The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson had a lot of good examples of that. Daniel Waterhouse definitely did not agree with slavery, but was powerless to do anything about it.
Well work with me here. Can you imagine a case where it could be used to highlight how things should have been without erasing the experiences of racialized people?
If you’re describing “colourblind casting” then I actually really like that, because it’s like peering through a mirror brightly, where our ancestors somehow got it right.
I don’t know how to explain it, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it. Does that make sense?
Is it a period piece or not? The script for Alien was cast with no regards sex or race. It’s a good example of what I refer to as Casual Feminism, where the plot has nothing to do with feminism, but normalizes strong female characters. In contrast, Wonder Women does not normalize strong women because she’s not normal.
If you’re doing a period piece where inequality is well recorded as being the norm, then there would be care taken to accurately representing that. You can have characters who disagree with that norm, but they should be represented as an exception. The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson had a lot of good examples of that. Daniel Waterhouse definitely did not agree with slavery, but was powerless to do anything about it.
I mean not really? It’s no different than white washing to the third race who had their character taken
It does not.
Well work with me here. Can you imagine a case where it could be used to highlight how things should have been without erasing the experiences of racialized people?