[dsc]

I think it was something about “showing how wonderful we are,” but I don’t quite remember.

[alexander_busek]

alexander_busek: Do they at least explain why all of these characters are Black? Any explanation - no matter how half-baked - would be preferable to none whatsoever.

dsc: I think it [the explanation for why so many of the lead characters - some holding high positions in Regency-era Great Britain - are portrayed as Black] was something about “showing how wonderful we are,” but I don’t quite remember.

Sounds like they pulled it out of their *ss.

Have nothing against actors of one ethnicity playing characters of another - perhaps that one Black actor was simply the best they could find for the role.

But is there any "in-universe" acknowledgement of their Blackness? I would hope not.

Regards,