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{{quote|''"You know, people were whiter back then."''|'''Joel''', ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''}} |
{{quote|''"You know, people were whiter back then."''|'''Joel''', ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''}} |
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Modern viewers often expect Monochrome Casting in situations where it would be historically inaccurate. It would be, for instance, accurate to show black people living around the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare's time, but [[Reality Is Unrealistic|nobody in our time would expect that]]. |
Modern viewers often expect Monochrome Casting in situations where it would be historically inaccurate. It would be, for instance, accurate to show black people living around the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare's time, but [[Reality Is Unrealistic|nobody in our time would expect that]]. |
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Contrast [[People of Hair Color]]. Compare [[Humans Are White]], a similar phenomenon in unrealistic works. Contrast the [[Five |
Contrast [[People of Hair Color]]. Compare [[Humans Are White]], a similar phenomenon in unrealistic works. Contrast the [[Five-Token Band]], where it seems the writers were trying too hard in the opposite direction. May overlap with [[Pop Culture Isolation]]. Compare [[Plenty of Blondes]]. |
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* ''[[Amelie]]'' is set in Montmartre, an area of Paris with a large immigrant population, but the cast, with the exception of Jamel Debouze, is almost exclusively white. |
* ''[[Amelie]]'' is set in Montmartre, an area of Paris with a large immigrant population, but the cast, with the exception of Jamel Debouze, is almost exclusively white. |
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* The film based on the book ''[[He's Just Not That Into You]]'', which takes place in Baltimore, has already been lambasted by viewers due to the entire cast being strictly white, sans one [[Sassy Black Woman]] making an offhand remark on a park bench. |
* The film based on the book ''[[He's Just Not That Into You]]'', which takes place in Baltimore, has already been lambasted by viewers due to the entire cast being strictly white, sans one [[Sassy Black Woman]] making an offhand remark on a park bench. |
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* One of the things dating [[John Hughes]] films is that none of the leads are minorities (a few of the actors are, but the untrained eye would never notice), and that the closest thing to a non-Caucasian character with lines was [[Ethnic Scrappy|Long Duk Dong]]. Hughes, however, based the fictious suburb of Shermer, where most of his movies set on his hometown, [ |
* One of the things dating [[John Hughes]] films is that none of the leads are minorities (a few of the actors are, but the untrained eye would never notice), and that the closest thing to a non-Caucasian character with lines was [[Ethnic Scrappy|Long Duk Dong]]. Hughes, however, based the fictious suburb of Shermer, where most of his movies set on his hometown, [[wikipedia:Northbrook, Illinois|Northbrook]], [[Justified Trope|which is 90% white]]. |
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* Everyone in the domed city of ''~Logan's Run~'' is white. Memorably lampshaded by [[Richard Pryor]]: |
* Everyone in the domed city of ''~Logan's Run~'' is white. Memorably lampshaded by [[Richard Pryor]]: |
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{{quote| "They had a movie of the future called Logan’s Run. There ain’t no niggers in it. I said, “Well, white folks ain’t planning for us to be here."}} |
{{quote| "They had a movie of the future called Logan’s Run. There ain’t no niggers in it. I said, “Well, white folks ain’t planning for us to be here."}} |
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[[Category:Race Tropes]] |
[[Category:Race Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Monochrome Casting]] |
[[Category:Monochrome Casting]] |
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