• The Problem With Black Snape

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Thu Apr 30 01:31:24 2026
    Pretty funny. He makes some good points, too.


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2049310968652656640/vid/avc1/1080x1920/9jxQyHe4aR1U4JKP.mp4



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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Thu Apr 30 01:20:02 2026
    On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:31:24 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty funny. He makes some good points, too.


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2049310968652656640/vid/avc1/1080x1920/9jxQyHe4aR1U4JKP.mp4


    He is right. Wonder if people will bring that up in the media once the
    show is out.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Thu Apr 30 11:16:07 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    Pretty funny. He makes some good points, too.

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2049310968652656640/vid/avc1/1080x1920/9jxQyHe4aR1U4JKP.mp4

    Funny stuff

    I never read the novels, but watching the movies, Snape was a favorite character because it was all Alan Rickman's performance, with those
    scripts in the earliest movies giving him so little to work with till he finally got an important back story, adapted from later novels. Without
    the back story, he always felt like a fully-drawn character.

    This is why you hire a professional character actor.

    In a weird coincidence, I've been re-watching early seasons of House M.D.
    First season especially, conflict between House and Foreman often led to Foreman accusing House of racism, wink wink nudge nudge at the viewers
    as the script was literally throwing "Network notes forced us to cast a
    black character from the ghetto in the main cast" tv trope in the
    viewer's face.

    As the Harry Potter tv series (or play?) is going to miss the
    opportunity for introspection, the comedian's points are all very well
    taken.

    How are they getting away with it given that J.K. Rowling had cast
    authority? Tv series rights are always sold with initial adaptation
    rights for movies, so it's not like this came up recently.

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