Jesus fucking Christ what? there was a character named shacklebolt???
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Armand1@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yeah, calling the only black dude Shacklebolt as well. The more you look the worst it gets.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Kingsly Shacklebolt, i believe he was the personal assistant to the prime minister. His most famous quote: “dumbledores got style”
Not the only black character in harry potter btw
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
“Not the only black character in harry potter btw”
Yeah everyone forgets about Hermione
Armand1@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Like a lot of the worst stuff in the book, it didn’t make it into the movies I think.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Oh goodness, I never thought of that.
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
And the bank goblins being Jewish caricatures
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
And now about the trans character Sirona Ryan.
frizzo@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Broken clock right?
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Is it true that the centaur from movie 1 had more lines than all the black characters in all 7 books?
And then modern fans get mad at black Snape in the TV show (if that gets to finish. My bets is it will patter out like the fantastic beasts movies)
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Fans get mad about black Snape because it would instantly make Harry look like an ultra racist without rewriting half the book.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
reminds me of “spear chucker” on MASH.
rainwall@piefed.social 11 hours ago
That one was on purpose:
In the book, just like in the movie, Spearchucker reveals that the nickname “Spearchucker”, ordinarily a racial slur, referred in this case to his javelin-throwing prowess.
They use the racism behind his nickname to address racism in the show:
The film also depicts Spearchucker as a particularly skilled neurosurgeon and this, together with the experience of playing football together, helps Duke Forrest overcome his racial prejudices and the two become friends at the end, shaking hands when it is time for Duke to go back stateside.
tetris11@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
Nah… come on… please, let that not have been a conscious thing
Armand1@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Mate, there’s so many weird or disturbing things in the books that didn’t make it into the movies.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Even the Irish kid gets worse in the books. Apart from making things explode, his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.