And it's almost the opposite problem, at least with the early books. They might be too short for full episodes. The latter books will pose the opposite problem (again) as they might be too long for just 10 episodes a season. But we'll get there if we ever get there.
Black Snape doesn't inspire much confidence, though.
I feel they didn't think this through cause that dude is supposed to get hung up and bullied by a bunch of white kids
not to mention Harry distrusts him from the get go pretty much solely based off his creepy appearance (which the actor doesn't fit, bro radiates handsome man energy). they're really asking for that racism conroversy
I honestly doubt it's going to be as big of a deal as people let on.
Harry Potter has already had muddled themes of morality for its characters anyway. The twist with Dumbledore setting Harry up to die pretty much is one of the most interesting moments in the entire series.
And the whole point of his arc is Harry learning he was wrong to mistrust snapw, eventually naming his kid after him will hit just as hard.
No it won't because that was such garbage. Snape isn't this overwhelmingly brave hero.
He spends years torturing a kid and his friends because of how that kid's father treated him. Imagine a normal school teacher doing that today. It would be appalling.
Then include his refusal to cooperate with Occulemency lessons. This ultimately leads to a major death in the series and it only happens because of Snape refusing to help.
Yeah but he also had to just in case voldy ever showed up, and dumbledore told him he would. I get it, it was torture but it worked when he had to show his memories to voldy...
Harry distrusts him from the get go pretty much solely based off his creepy appearance
No he distrusts him because hes an egotistical jerk in how he acts, speaks, and treats people.
And he was bullied as a kid because he was a racist egotistical ass. James sucks, but i dont think his bullying of Snape has to be thought of as just racism solely because the characters now black.
Honestly it feels more racist to me all these people having issues with a black person playing a somewhat layered but dislikable villain.
genuinely, I don't see how you don't see the fact the black dude is the villain that gets repeatedly humiliated and hung up by a bunch of white kids is a very easy way to be interpreted as pure racism. it's not about the actual relation to the book, it's about the media and their drama chasing plays
sure, the story set in England and not the US, but these topics are global and still very relevant in today's society. though I guess it is also an easy way to guarantee they get in the general public's eye
I literally said James was a jerk. But his main reason for bullying snape was snapes love for dark arts and snapes racism. The Levicorpus charm used to hang up snape was invented by snape. It doesn't have to suddenly be motivated by racism on James side just because snape will be black this time.
Yall keep acting like the only motivation in the books for harry or James to hate snape is his looks. Thats a lame simplification that ignores loads, just to fit your narrative that you don't want a black guy to play snape. To me that feels a lot like racism.
I think the actor is gonna do a great job of portraying a snape that is hateable for things other than his looks.
are we just talking past each other ? because you keep bringing up the book when I've clearly stated it's about the real life buzz chasing
if you truly read my comments as trying to say I don't want a black dude to play a significant villain role, then we'll likely never see each others' point. it's not a big deal anyways, just hope there's ready to shield their actors
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u/Icy-Guarantee6994 3d ago edited 3d ago
And it's almost the opposite problem, at least with the early books. They might be too short for full episodes. The latter books will pose the opposite problem (again) as they might be too long for just 10 episodes a season. But we'll get there if we ever get there.
Black Snape doesn't inspire much confidence, though.