and seeing this post reminded me, this is not the first time burton has stripped jewish references/characters/elements when adapting a story for film.
remember the corpse bride, the original story was a piece of 16th century jewish folklore, and there were zero elements of any sort of jewish culture or religion in the film that i can recall.
according to the co-screenwriter the change was made because ābecause Tim gravitates toward universal, fairy-tale qualities in his films.ā
because pasty white vaguely christian characters are universal, but no one else is, even when youāre stripping their stories for material.
so casting non white actors for heroic roles doesnāt suit his āvisionā, and respecting the religion and ethnicity of characters from the source material doesnāt suit his āvisionā. his vision that mostly seems to be putting johnny depp in weird makeup to diminishing returns.
(i mean, even the movie of his that has stood up best over time, the nightmare before christmas isnāt even close to being completely āhisā the way these two movies are, it was directed by henry selick, adapted by michael mcdowel with caroline thompson writing the actual screenplay, and danny elfman did the songs. and frankly that movie was more jewish inclusive with one measly image on a tree than any of the projects where burton was more hands on)
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