#but in any case. no north african woman playing therese that i know of same no rroma/indian even mediterranean actor playing heathcliff lol | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

kashilascorner · 3 days ago

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I began to read Thérèse Raquin and titular character lowkey reminds me of Heathcliff in that both are of ambiguous upbringing and have a certain racial distinction that's apparently never addressed in media or adaptations

(it's an unfair comparison, I'll admit it, in that the racial component is important to Heathcliff's character and how others perceive him and he is visibly othered, while apparently Thérèse isn't)

#it days her mother was an indigenous African and that she was the daughter of a tribe chief also that therese was born in oran (?)#so i think the implication is her mother is of amazigh or if we dont take the 'indigenous' literally i guess she could be arab?#therese does not seem to be othered based on appareance like heathcliff is though but to be fair i'm under the impression that french #society of the time and in the lower middle class zola describes was somewhat more 'open' or less 'bothered' about race and diversity than #english society though i could be absolutely wrong on that like please don't quote me on this but i do get that impression and I'm not #implying french reception/inclusion was necessarily better just different #laura reads #but in any case. no north african woman playing therese that i know of same no rroma/indian even mediterranean actor playing heathcliff lol

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