'Though the film is cast with numerous talented, critically-acclaimed actors, there’s no getting around the fact that once again, Laurie, Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, their parents, their great aunt, and their friends are all played by white people.'
. With the dreamlike idealism that Timothée often brings to his characters, the anticipation of his performance is understandable.
While many are excited to see Timothée bring this character to life, his iteration and many of the previous films have failed to properly contextualize Laurie during this time period. In the original novel, Laurie is described as a young man with “Curly black hair, brown skin,” and “big black eyes” — he is canonically half-Italian. It is through Laurie thatoffered Greta a very unique opportunity that she could have taken: Laurie could have easily been played by someone non-white.
from Italians now. It's hard to exactly pinpoint why Laurie is initially treated differently by the March sisters, but it's possible it's because of the state of politics at the time or simply the fact that he was an other because of who his mother was. In screen adaptations, this largely comes off as the result of Laurie being either a boy, part European, or both.
but by casting Timothée or even Christian Bale before him as Laurie, the viewer never gets to see why Laurie is so eager to bond with a group of impoverished girls. When implored by Jo about why Laurie is not allowed to play piano, her mother, Marmee, replies, “I am not sure, but I think it was because his son, Laurie’s father, married an Italian lady, a musician, which displeased the old man, who is very proud.
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