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Turning white characters black

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Calendargirl Tue 01-Jul-25 07:12:31

You’ve hit the nail on the head when you say ‘it was written in 1962’.

Precisely.

Over 60 years later, the addition of black and gay characters is deemed advisable to make it more relevant to today’s viewing public, I suppose.

For those of us who have read the books and formed our own vision of the ‘cast’, it can jar a bit.

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LaCrepescule Tue 01-Jul-25 06:54:16

This is going to be controversial no doubt but what do you all think of turning white characters (in books and history) black in screen adaptations? Personally I find it patronising to people of all colours.

Imagine the backlash if a black character were turned white? There should be more adaptations from books and history where the real characters are black in the first place. I’ve just read Cover Her Face by PD James which was written in 1962 and is set in rural England so not surprisingly all the characters are white. I was excited to see that C5 have made a series based on the Dalgliesh books but disappointed when I saw that it looks like new characters have been introduced who are non-white.

Don’t think I’ll be watching because I loved the book so much but do correct me if I’m wrong!

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