A lot of people have forgotten about this, but a years ago, Tim Burton said that he doesn't cast black people because race has nothing to do with the context of any of his movies. I think this happened after Beetlejuice 1988. Black people were casted as football players in the afterlife. That makes sense. Most football players are black. We figured out decades later why that's problematic with the Kaepernick situation. Entertainment is all black people are allowed to have so when an entertainer has a political opinion it's easy to tell them to shut up. "Dance, monkey! Dance!" narrative. But with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice having that soul train scene after he said it, the context tells me that black people are allowed to exist in Tim Burton's aesthetic if they are not stereotypical singing dancing caricatures. A lot of (white) people will argue that Tim Burton isn't racist because he casted a Latina to play Astrid. The problem with that is a lot of Mexicans...
Things I would really fuck up a Beetlejuice cartoon continuation: Have Dolores in the cartoon, at any capacity. I know some people want that, but the Dolores didn't do anything except being a looming threat in the background of the movie. Totally remove Beetlejuice and have the story be solely about Lydia. However, I would be happy if the first few episodes being about Lydia and how they met and Lydia's backstory and then jumping to where they are now. Crossing the continuities. Like a 30-year time skip where Lydia has a child and is getting divorced. Leave the continuities separate. What I would really like in a Beetlejuice cartoon continuation: 5 or 10 year time skip where Lydia follows in beetlejuices footsteps and learns magic. They make the cartoon for teens and young adults instead of children, so they can lean more into Lydia/ Beetlejuice. LESS 4TH WALL BREAKING Move away from the gross out humor and fully embrace the body horror aspects ...