Disappointed but not surprised
Coming from someone who read off campus at an age she definitely was not supposed to be reading it lol. And now with the release of season one I’ve seen a lot of hype about the show which when I watched it very understandable.
But I remember when the cast first got announced and a lot of the fandom was horrible to the cast. Which I hope you all realize when it comes to casting theirs a budget, and can these actors well ACT!
But my main thing is the treatment of John Tucker. Many have given excuses about him not being red head but Allie is not at all how she was described in the books and honestly in my opinion one of the best actors in the show(which I can’t believe ALOT of you all were mad about HAIR).
Going back to Tucker I’m obviously not happy personally about the lack of black more specifically monoracial black women in not only this show but many current and upcoming prime adaptations. The off campus cast is basically white asf but Tucker being part black the fans have honestly been absolutely disappointing with their interactions with him. Edits, debriefs, reviews even the actual show accounts don’t promote him.
You’d think him being biracial will help but only a little and I’m still seeing so many comments about him not being a red hair, he’s too babygirl. He actually fits his book character pretty well based on personality! And the actor if you’ve seen him in PITT you know he can be a potentially good romantic lead when it’s time.
But to end this don’t be unintentionally bigoted. And especially intentionally! I have a lot of criticisms for the show, author and show runner, damn it even prime but for this one to be constantly thrown in my face when Tucker isn’t even my fave but I’m clearly seeing it, is just “Wow”.
But that’s it I’m excited for Allie and Dean’s(and thank god their changing the bad things about his character cause I feel people forget he was not the best in the books)
Happy Watching!!!
Edit: lol I knew this wanna gonna make people upset! Pm or whatever but that’s your own internal issues you have to deal with!
Edit 2: I also bring up this too knowing some black background actors in the series have also talked about casting and cause they are in other shows too have brought up how castings like this are becoming more and more common.