[user104658]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yes I personally do think that period film and television should be race-accurate because let's face it, not everyone realises that there's "creative license" going on in fictional media and so are liable to not realise how serious segregation was in the past, if they're frequently seeing integration in stories set in those eras.

On the other hand, I have (at some point, don't quote me) read articles that have suggested that there was a lot MORE racial diversity "on the everyday streets" of Victorian London, for example, than is often shown in film which portrays Victorian London as being nearly 100% white... And thus creates a false impression of there having been a more recent "massive influx of immigration" than is really the case. Big cities like London have always been racially diverse by the numbers, just not in terms of distribution of wealth and power.

In terms of Oliver pretty much any if the characters EXCEPT Oliver himself could be non-white, as he turns out to be from a wealthy London family, and that's where it would start to not make sense given that wealth and privilege are sort of themes of the entire story.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

In terms of Oliver pretty much any if the characters EXCEPT Oliver himself could be non-white, as he turns out to be from a wealthy London family, and that's where it would start to not make sense given that wealth and privilege are sort of themes of the entire story.

Plus his rich uncle possibly also Bumble and Courney, and the Sowerberrys